Perhaps because, unlike yourself, the mods look a little deeper into a post than two characters.
BTW, I started using "M$" to refer to Microsoft a long time ago, because it's a lot shorter than typing out 'Microsoft', and it's instantly recognizable as referring to Microsoft (unlike 'MS', which, as many people have pointed out, is the accepted contraction for Multiple Sclerosis). I continue using "M$" to this day, because it pisses off people like you. Good to see that it's still working.
I love malware. Malware removal acounts for probably 65-70% of the bottom line in my business. I'll tell you something else...the $129 average price tag quoted in the article is right on the money. Personally, I hope nothing is done about the problem. I only wish I could protect my less-technically-inclined family members and friends more effectively, as I don't charge them for removal.:P
The vast majority of Microsoft AntiSpyware beta 1 are going to say, "Hey, it's a beta, maybe it's a screw-up".
You can't seriously be this stupid. A week after it is reported that Microsoft is in talks to buy Claria, Microsoft's anti-spyware flagging of Claria's adware mysteriously gets downgraded from 'remove' to 'ignore'? And you attribute this to a 'screw-up'? Sheesh.
For your next trick, why don't you go and correct the grammar and spelling of everyone on Slashdot?
Honestly...is anyone surprised by this? We all saw this coming. Unfortunately, M$ can pull this sort of thing with near-impunity, as the only ones outraged by this are the ones who had issues with them in the first place (read: us). The vast majority of Windows users out there are just going to shrug and say, "Oh well...if Microsoft says they're not a threat, then they must not be a threat."
I use DameWare myself...glad I was able to talk the boss into it. System administration without DameWare would be a real drag...yes, everything you can do with DameWare can be done with the regular Windows software (Remote Desktop, etc.), but DameWare makes things much more centralized and easily accesable. Bottom line: I'd highly reccomend it.
Computrace Agent The Computrace agent is a small, software client that resides on the hard drive of host computers and enables Absolute's services. Easy to install and unobtrusive to the end-user, the agent requires minimal bandwidth in its communications to the Monitor Center.
If someone steals a machine with the intent to stealing confidential information (god knows what people store on their laptops these days) then this sytem might be worth the money.
How do you figure? All I have to do is dump the data while airgapped. Problem solved.
Computrace Agent The Computrace agent is a small, software client that resides on the hard drive of host computers and enables Absolute's services. Easy to install and unobtrusive to the end-user, the agent requires minimal bandwidth in its communications to the Monitor Center.
When a stolen Computrace-equipped system is connected to the Internet, it automatically and silently sends locating data to Absolute Software, which then calls out the law.
Unless you:
Block the outgoing signal with a firewall, and/or
Wipe the drive, removing the Computrace software.
Nice illusion of security....wonder how many people will fall for it.
This is cool and all, but what I'm really interested in is the auction for the props for episodes I through III...I'm curious as to how much Jake Lloyd will sell for. ^_^
Unfortunately, soon after his triumph, his most brilliant computer game designs were stolen by one of his company's executives, who passed them off as his own. After breaking into the corporate building and hacking into the computer network to attempt to locate evidence of the theft, he mysteriously vanished, and was not heard from for some time. Eventually, he resurfaced, spouting wild tales about 'talking to programs' and 'surviving the game grid', but bearing concrete evidence of the executive's misdeeds. The prevailing explanation for his bizzare behavior is chronic drug abuse. Whatever the reason, he persists in such delusional beliefs to this day.
Find out more about his tragic story in this compelling and informative docudrama.
Even if Microsoft could guarantee a 24-hour patch release (and the submitter's remark about the cold snap in Hell is pretty much on the mark here), I really don't see it making that much difference...unless systems were configured to apply patches immediately upon release, without being authorized by the sysadmin first. I don't think I'm the only sysadmin here who prefers to test patches on guinea pig machines before releasing them to the rest of my systems.
Marina Bai has sued the U.S. space agency, claiming the Deep Impact probe that punched a crater into the comet Tempel 1 late Sunday "ruins the natural balance of forces in the universe" Bai is seeking damages totaling $300 million -- the approximate equivalent of the mission's cost -- for her "moral sufferings"
So...the cost of ruining the 'natural balance of forces in the universe' is $300 mil US. Wonder how she arrived at that figure...could we see a breakdown?
Online addicts are permitted to browse only at special addiction center computers, that randomly flash pics of goatse and tubgirl every 5 mouse clicks or so.
After a while, the addicted person simply loses their taste for the online experience.
They have the gravitational wobble effect on the star, which gives them mass.
They have the silhouette of the planet as it transited the star, which gives them size.
Assuming a nearly spherical body, they can calculate volume.
Mass/Volume=Density
Given the planet's density, together with our prior knowledge of how elements tend to shake out as a planet cools (heaver ones sink, lighter ones float), the scientists can determine with a fair degree of certainty the size of the core.
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You call that 'appropriate'???
I call that 'cruel and unusual'.
But he was a child when he committed the offense...and he was a child when he was arrested...doesn't matter how old he is now.
Perhaps because, unlike yourself, the mods look a little deeper into a post than two characters.
BTW, I started using "M$" to refer to Microsoft a long time ago, because it's a lot shorter than typing out 'Microsoft', and it's instantly recognizable as referring to Microsoft (unlike 'MS', which, as many people have pointed out, is the accepted contraction for Multiple Sclerosis).
I continue using "M$" to this day, because it pisses off people like you. Good to see that it's still working.
Already been done.
Examine the two articles more closely (read beyond the titles). Both of them reference the EXACT SAME ARTICLE in the St. Petersburg Times.
This isn't merely a dupe...it's the Platonic Ideal of the concept of 'dupe'.
I love malware. Malware removal acounts for probably 65-70% of the bottom line in my business. I'll tell you something else...the $129 average price tag quoted in the article is right on the money.
Personally, I hope nothing is done about the problem. I only wish I could protect my less-technically-inclined family members and friends more effectively, as I don't charge them for removal.
Actually, some idiot modded my first post in this discusion as 'redundant'.
Go figure.
Yet another dupe...previous story can be found here.
Zonk fails it again...
The vast majority of Microsoft AntiSpyware beta 1 are going to say, "Hey, it's a beta, maybe it's a screw-up".
You can't seriously be this stupid. A week after it is reported that Microsoft is in talks to buy Claria, Microsoft's anti-spyware flagging of Claria's adware mysteriously gets downgraded from 'remove' to 'ignore'? And you attribute this to a 'screw-up'? Sheesh.
For your next trick, why don't you go and correct the grammar and spelling of everyone on Slashdot?
Gladly.
OMG!!! M$ IZ TEH GHAY!
^GHEY^
^_^
Honestly...is anyone surprised by this? We all saw this coming.
Unfortunately, M$ can pull this sort of thing with near-impunity, as the only ones outraged by this are the ones who had issues with them in the first place (read: us).
The vast majority of Windows users out there are just going to shrug and say, "Oh well...if Microsoft says they're not a threat, then they must not be a threat."
I use DameWare myself...glad I was able to talk the boss into it. System administration without DameWare would be a real drag...yes, everything you can do with DameWare can be done with the regular Windows software (Remote Desktop, etc.), but DameWare makes things much more centralized and easily accesable. Bottom line: I'd highly reccomend it.
Again, here's a snippet from their website: It's looking a lot like software...
If someone steals a machine with the intent to stealing confidential information (god knows what people store on their laptops these days) then this sytem might be worth the money.
How do you figure? All I have to do is dump the data while airgapped. Problem solved.
Here's a snippet from their website:
Doesn't look like it's on firmware to me...
From TFA:
Unless you:
and/or
Nice illusion of security....wonder how many people will fall for it.
Yup...he's right up there with Gene Ray.
This is cool and all, but what I'm really interested in is the auction for the props for episodes I through III...I'm curious as to how much Jake Lloyd will sell for. ^_^
Unfortunately, soon after his triumph, his most brilliant computer game designs were stolen by one of his company's executives, who passed them off as his own. After breaking into the corporate building and hacking into the computer network to attempt to locate evidence of the theft, he mysteriously vanished, and was not heard from for some time. Eventually, he resurfaced, spouting wild tales about 'talking to programs' and 'surviving the game grid', but bearing concrete evidence of the executive's misdeeds. The prevailing explanation for his bizzare behavior is chronic drug abuse. Whatever the reason, he persists in such delusional beliefs to this day.
Find out more about his tragic story in this compelling and informative docudrama.
Even if Microsoft could guarantee a 24-hour patch release (and the submitter's remark about the cold snap in Hell is pretty much on the mark here), I really don't see it making that much difference...unless systems were configured to apply patches immediately upon release, without being authorized by the sysadmin first. I don't think I'm the only sysadmin here who prefers to test patches on guinea pig machines before releasing them to the rest of my systems.
Online addicts are permitted to browse only at special addiction center computers, that randomly flash pics of goatse and tubgirl every 5 mouse clicks or so.
After a while, the addicted person simply loses their taste for the online experience.
Just don't send Steve Buscemi...he'll get the Space Madness again!
Did you just make a reference to Shadow Raiders of all things?