That's inane, goes knows how many exploits that ARE found inside of microsoft before they are outside, and patched without anyone ever knowing about it. 10x, 100x, 1000x? The idea that a few get past is unescapable.
For those who don't want to read, that's 10 vulnerabilities, 1 privledge escalation, 6 remote executions including buffer overflows, and one bluetooth attack.
Probably should have covered this on Slashdot.. patched or not, which I don't know, as it doesn't affect ones about Microsoft.
I'm not trolling, because I really want to know. How can we benefit from being able to weigh things that small? I always assumed that stoichiometry was there to get around having to weigh very very small things.
Not to defend MS, but that's trolling. "Security" wasn't a high priority in the beginning because it didn't exist as a highly important factor until like 1999. XP is based on 2000 which is based on NT 4.0 which is based on NT 3.51. There's no way they could have forseen security being as important to the computer world as it is now. Granted, it took them a bit to realize it, but they can't change the entire NT codebase without releasing a new OS, which they're doing. SP2 is about all they can do without making fundamental changes.
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I just built a Dell Precision 690 for the $3,592 with a 19' flatpanel I can't exclude with the same specs. Not sure what you did.
Getting hardware working _is_ part of installing the operating system, for 99% of users.
That's inane, goes knows how many exploits that ARE found inside of microsoft before they are outside, and patched without anyone ever knowing about it. 10x, 100x, 1000x? The idea that a few get past is unescapable.
Are we.. missing a link here?
Can I be the first person to make that joke? I doubt it, but let's try :)
Coffee.. all over my monitor, and most unfortunately.. my cat was sitting on my desk. I dont think she will be back for a while.
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Not yet, but give those NetBSD boys some time.
I think you meant:
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> Time for the security guys to SMACK some sense into those MS Engineers!
Not that I really disagree with you there, but Microsoft invited them there to do just that. It's not like the execs were suprised..
Ehh?
I don't believe you.
For those who don't want to read, that's 10 vulnerabilities, 1 privledge escalation, 6 remote executions including buffer overflows, and one bluetooth attack.
Probably should have covered this on Slashdot.. patched or not, which I don't know, as it doesn't affect ones about Microsoft.
Is this really still "insightful" on Slashdot?
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You just got coffee.. all over my laptop. I hope it was worth it you... you insensitive clod!
I'm not trolling, because I really want to know. How can we benefit from being able to weigh things that small? I always assumed that stoichiometry was there to get around having to weigh very very small things.
Here's the link to the Space.com story published on the 19th.
Not to defend MS, but that's trolling. "Security" wasn't a high priority in the beginning because it didn't exist as a highly important factor until like 1999. XP is based on 2000 which is based on NT 4.0 which is based on NT 3.51. There's no way they could have forseen security being as important to the computer world as it is now. Granted, it took them a bit to realize it, but they can't change the entire NT codebase without releasing a new OS, which they're doing. SP2 is about all they can do without making fundamental changes.
Why am I defending MS? I don't like them..
The drag and drop features seems like it could become slightly annoying. It would be nice if you could lock it..
uhh.. maybe I shouldn't be answering that.. but it has alot of readers? More than most?
Awesome. You don't need to sign up for another account if use Gmail. Good stuff.
Pimping my site:
Apparently it's in high demand.
Bogomips!
If you're a small system builder the OEM copy is $149.99.
God, I'm sensing the start of some really bad jokes..
So RMS, Linus Torvalds, and Bill Gates walk into a bar..