I think Avogadro's number is based on hydrogen, actually. Because hydrogen has an atomic mass of ~1, and 6.02x10^23 atoms of any type is the atomic mass in grams (carbon's mass is 12, so a mole of carbon is 12 grams) It's logical, therefore, that the system is based on the atom corresponding to 1, and the others were defined using the number derived from hydrogen.
How quickly would a Firefox security hole be patched compared to a similar hole in IE? Not trying to troll, just genuinely curious if someone in the know could give an insight into the patching/debugging procedures for IE and FF, and compare the two.
Firefox releases updates pretty often. The smaller updates can happen with almost no user involvement, and the big upgrades (new version number) are easy to do. Firefox releases patches and updates every few weeks. Microsoft, on the other hand, has done nothing at all to update IE frequently. Before SP2 came out, IE hadn't been patched or modified in any way for several years. It remained in exactly the form it was in when it was released with Windows XP. Sure, Firefox may not be perfect. But I'll gladly take my updates every few weeks instead of updates every time a new operating system is released.
How quickly would a Firefox security hole be patched compared to a similar hole in IE? Not trying to troll, just genuinely curious if someone in the know could give an insight into the patching/debugging procedures for IE and FF, and compare the two.>/I>
Firefox releases updates pretty often. The smaller updates can happen with almost no user involvement, and the big upgrades (new version number) are easy to do. Firefox releases patches and updates every few weeks. Microsoft, on the other hand, has done nothing at all to update IE frequently. Before SP2 came out, IE hadn't been patched or modified in any way for several years. It remained in exactly the form it was in when it was released with Windows XP. Sure, Firefox may not be perfect. But I'll gladly take my updates every few weeks instead of updates every time a new operating system is released.
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I think Avogadro's number is based on hydrogen, actually. Because hydrogen has an atomic mass of ~1, and 6.02x10^23 atoms of any type is the atomic mass in grams (carbon's mass is 12, so a mole of carbon is 12 grams) It's logical, therefore, that the system is based on the atom corresponding to 1, and the others were defined using the number derived from hydrogen.
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How quickly would a Firefox security hole be patched compared to a similar hole in IE? Not trying to troll, just genuinely curious if someone in the know could give an insight into the patching/debugging procedures for IE and FF, and compare the two.
Firefox releases updates pretty often. The smaller updates can happen with almost no user involvement, and the big upgrades (new version number) are easy to do. Firefox releases patches and updates every few weeks. Microsoft, on the other hand, has done nothing at all to update IE frequently. Before SP2 came out, IE hadn't been patched or modified in any way for several years. It remained in exactly the form it was in when it was released with Windows XP. Sure, Firefox may not be perfect. But I'll gladly take my updates every few weeks instead of updates every time a new operating system is released.
How quickly would a Firefox security hole be patched compared to a similar hole in IE? Not trying to troll, just genuinely curious if someone in the know could give an insight into the patching/debugging procedures for IE and FF, and compare the two.>/I> Firefox releases updates pretty often. The smaller updates can happen with almost no user involvement, and the big upgrades (new version number) are easy to do. Firefox releases patches and updates every few weeks. Microsoft, on the other hand, has done nothing at all to update IE frequently. Before SP2 came out, IE hadn't been patched or modified in any way for several years. It remained in exactly the form it was in when it was released with Windows XP. Sure, Firefox may not be perfect. But I'll gladly take my updates every few weeks instead of updates every time a new operating system is released.