Most certainly, unless this is a complete fabrication. One person on the planet sees a problem on their MS system though - good enough for a/. front page!
And I guess I am the only one to think that this is a Microsoft plant. The amateurism of this reminds me of some of their worst, foiled anti-Apple campaigns of years ago. I really can not find one piece of the ad that isn't terrible. The text, colors, layout, pictures, and self-glorification in the credits - if I wanted to set up OO for failure, this is pretty much how I would do it. Although I guess I would be more discrete. And I wouldn't put it in a birdcage-liner pub.
Re:Criminal charges against Microsoft too.
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Kaminsky downplayed MSFT's ability to lead the effort, but frankly they are in the best position to take action on this. They have the distribution channel to the greatest number of impacted systems. It wouldn't have to be through AntiSpyware - they could release a 2000/XP/2003 patch that specifically hunted this down and removed it or could bundle it into a Malicious Software Removal Tool marketing push -- http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/de fault.mspx
They could even blame Sony for any system crashes and ill effects from the system cleanups - a PR coup!
Having lived in Panama (the country, not the city in Florida) for two years, I would wear Army Jungle boots - they have little drainage ports on their sides to let the water drain out, and they aren't terribly hot.
A lot of other good recommendations have been mentioned already:
1. Duct Tape. No, really, you need this.
2. Rope. You would be surprised what you can do with it.
3. A multi-tool like a Leatherman/Gerber
4. If you are planning on building something, bring your own tools
5. Portable Food, for yourself
Anything else that will take care of the bottom two levels of Maslow's Hierarchy:
First: Physiological Needs (warmth, shelter, food)
Then: Security Needs (protection from danger)
The cause of the hype is most likely a result of the media outlets themselves being hit by the little wormy. In the US anyway they tend to over-hype things related to them - politicians giving the media the cold shoulder becomes the top controversy of the day, any death of one of their own becomes "breaking news" for 3 days...something like this does not surprise me at all.
My personal favorites are the media roundtables where they critique themselves for things - for example dedicating a month+ of programming to Aruba Holloway while ignoring Latoyia Figueroa during the same time span. In the end they pat themselves on the back and say it would be possible to be more balanced, but overall they are all OK.
So don't buy it. I, like you, kept my texttbooks from long long ago, and occasionally look at them. But I had several room mates who would be in line at the bookstore to sell them back the day after their finals. That's the target market for these.
I agree 1/3 off is crazy - 2/3 is probably closer to the real value, given the textbook versioning game the publishers play anyway - new version every 2-3 years to force upgrades.
Paper books aren't going away anytime soon, so Don't Panic (tm). Until every student has a tablet PC I don't see these things being very popular, and certainly not "mandated."
Posted for 3 hours, and nothing modded more than a 2. Probably because:
1. You really can't say much about it that's bad...it's slow, but so what - it's an unadvertised (other than Slashdot) sandbox project.
2. The "Micro---- can't invent anything, they must have stolen this from Google|Netscape|Apple" joke is getting a little old.
Could it be that the days of an automatic +5 insightful for any MS bash are gone! Amazing.
And oh, by the way, this has been around since March in its early beta phases. Nice catch though.
It's not jitter - although that won't be healthy either - it's the delay that will kill ya.
However, I'm sure every non-technical l337 h4x0r will try it once.
Once.
Slashdot Mirror
Most certainly, unless this is a complete fabrication. One person on the planet sees a problem on their MS system though - good enough for a /. front page!
Your knowledge of myspace frightens me.
And I guess I am the only one to think that this is a Microsoft plant. The amateurism of this reminds me of some of their worst, foiled anti-Apple campaigns of years ago. I really can not find one piece of the ad that isn't terrible. The text, colors, layout, pictures, and self-glorification in the credits - if I wanted to set up OO for failure, this is pretty much how I would do it. Although I guess I would be more discrete. And I wouldn't put it in a birdcage-liner pub.
That isn't even close to making sense, but I guess anything that passes for anti-MS FUD passes for insightful here. It's a patent, not a law.
Look, this is great news. Patents slow innovation in the area they protect, right? So where's the problem?
But does it run Linux?
Kaminsky downplayed MSFT's ability to lead the effort, but frankly they are in the best position to take action on this. They have the distribution channel to the greatest number of impacted systems. It wouldn't have to be through AntiSpyware - they could release a 2000/XP/2003 patch that specifically hunted this down and removed it or could bundle it into a Malicious Software Removal Tool marketing push -- http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/de fault.mspx
They could even blame Sony for any system crashes and ill effects from the system cleanups - a PR coup!
Or you can buy it for 23.50 USD at bookpool:
9 47562-0071223?v=glance&n=283155&n=507846&s=books&v =glance
n quiry.asp?userid=ao05LCTCMJ&isbn=1590594444&itm=3
http://www.bookpool.com/sm/1590594444
or for 29.69 at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1590594444/002-0
or you could spend 40.49 at BN:
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnI
But of course BN is linked in this review.
Yes, I have noticed that trend too. Whenever there is a negative comment on Slashdot with regard to Microsoft, they change product strategy.
You may want to consider the use of the sarcasm tag....please be sure to use it in the future so that people don't think you are serious.
You are correct, sir.
Having lived in Panama (the country, not the city in Florida) for two years, I would wear Army Jungle boots - they have little drainage ports on their sides to let the water drain out, and they aren't terribly hot.
A lot of other good recommendations have been mentioned already:
1. Duct Tape. No, really, you need this.
2. Rope. You would be surprised what you can do with it.
3. A multi-tool like a Leatherman/Gerber
4. If you are planning on building something, bring your own tools
5. Portable Food, for yourself
Anything else that will take care of the bottom two levels of Maslow's Hierarchy:
First: Physiological Needs (warmth, shelter, food)
Then: Security Needs (protection from danger)
The cause of the hype is most likely a result of the media outlets themselves being hit by the little wormy. In the US anyway they tend to over-hype things related to them - politicians giving the media the cold shoulder becomes the top controversy of the day, any death of one of their own becomes "breaking news" for 3 days...something like this does not surprise me at all.
My personal favorites are the media roundtables where they critique themselves for things - for example dedicating a month+ of programming to Aruba Holloway while ignoring Latoyia Figueroa during the same time span. In the end they pat themselves on the back and say it would be possible to be more balanced, but overall they are all OK.
Yea, bet it throws off a little more heat than a P4
I wish this had been MSN search, and the data had been on a top Microsoft Exec.
I would have to think the comments on this site would have been very different.
So don't buy it. I, like you, kept my texttbooks from long long ago, and occasionally look at them. But I had several room mates who would be in line at the bookstore to sell them back the day after their finals. That's the target market for these.
I agree 1/3 off is crazy - 2/3 is probably closer to the real value, given the textbook versioning game the publishers play anyway - new version every 2-3 years to force upgrades.
Paper books aren't going away anytime soon, so Don't Panic (tm). Until every student has a tablet PC I don't see these things being very popular, and certainly not "mandated."
Sorry...for a minute there I thought you were talking about /.
Posted for 3 hours, and nothing modded more than a 2. Probably because:
1. You really can't say much about it that's bad...it's slow, but so what - it's an unadvertised (other than Slashdot) sandbox project.
2. The "Micro---- can't invent anything, they must have stolen this from Google|Netscape|Apple" joke is getting a little old.
Could it be that the days of an automatic +5 insightful for any MS bash are gone! Amazing.
And oh, by the way, this has been around since March in its early beta phases. Nice catch though.
And when I read the article title my first thought was "I wonder how much to get back?"
Now that's where the money is!
The WiFlyer is a brilliant device,
Unless it has an RS-232 port, then I am not impressed.
Well, actually, I'm not. I just don't trust devices without RS-232 ports...
"Openfiler v1.1pre6 requires Fedora Linux Core 2. Other releases are incompatible." And this is good how?
You mispeled Flaim.
Actually, that kind of stupidity makes me specifically NOT want to read the article.
Yea, but the shipping costs are just crazy!
The same can be said for Internet Explorer, 1995-present. Free, and no installation required! Or is Microsoft evaluated differently?
Donald Rumsfeld owned a border protection company? The jokes almost write themselves, people...
It's not jitter - although that won't be healthy either - it's the delay that will kill ya. However, I'm sure every non-technical l337 h4x0r will try it once. Once.
So much for looking for a signed copy...