Unlike a lot of malware that exploits vulnerabilities in the Windows operating system, there is no 'patch' that can be downloaded to ward off this dupe!
I understand that Bill Gates has a business to run these days, but blocking out the hobbysists isn't the answer - that's where the most innovation happens, most great inventions have come from "hobbyists." (Think TV, Phone, Linux...)
Perhaps someone should remind Bill Gates where MS came from, wasn't he (and co) a hobbyist at Uni where MS started??
"I personally don't know where they get their idea that terrorists make their income from piracy, I might be more inclined to believe such a comment made about drugs myself than piracy..."
Actually I wouldn't belive either, it's more likely to be the American government itself, perhaps not so much now, but in the past there was a lot of spending. For example, who put Saddam in power anyway?
You're meant to buy a license for anything that can receive & display the signals, so a TV tuner card is included in that... I have no idea if the guys that inspect properties could tell though.
This reminds me of the UK TV license, for those outside the UK: we have to pay a set amount* each year if we have any equipment capable of receiving and displaying TV signals - this cash goes to the BBC so that we don't have adverts etc on the BBC channels. However, if you do not possess a TV and therefore don't have a license you get a letter every month or so saying that your property doesn't have a license and they'll be sending men around to check that you don't have a TV.
Is this download license going to be a similar thing? Perhaps it's a means of narrowing the target of illegal downloaders? i.e: ISP contract holders that don't have the license may get their traffic scanned every month to make sure they're not in violation of copyright law?
Haydn.
*FYI: the amount you pay varies depending on if it's a colour/b&w tv, if you're blind/deaf etc.
I use Linux so wouldn't know much about MS Antispyware, but if I was a Windows user I'd be very miffed that MS sell a product (I assume it's not free?) that closes holes in their own OS - why aren't these holes closed in the actual Windows release? Oh yeah, profit!
While a safe solution, that'd be a real pita if you were working on a document that required constant researching on the net: Write paragraph, reboot to live CD, find facts/quote, reboot to windows, write paragraph, reboot... ARGH!!! You could argue that you could write the document while using the live CD, but then why bother having the windows partition at all?
"You can physically REMOVE the hard drive to ensure that it won't get infected with anything"
Further, why have your computer open to disconnect the HDD, surely you could set the live CD up so that either it doesn't mount the partitions or doesn't bring up the nic's until you've unmounted them yourself? I'm pretty certain that there's no adware/malware that gains root access and then mount partitions.
"In response to a recent article from the Guardian about the lack of original games, Siliconera selected ten brand new titles set for release in 2006 to keep your eyes on."
OK, let's look at some of these "ten brand new titles":
Beatmania (Playstation 2)
After the success of Dance Dance Revolution in the USA, Konami has finally decided to bring the first Bemani game over.
So this is just another dance dance revolution but you press buttons with your hands instead of your feet... and that's not a sequel??
N3: Ninety Nine Nights (Xbox 360)
This brilliant game is developed by Q? Entertainment and action veteran Phantagram. On the surface it looks like a Dynasty Warriors clone
"Dynasty Warriors clone".... says it all really.
Every Extend Extra (PSP)
The second title from Q? Entertainment has more in kind with their other titles (Lumines and Meteos). Every Extend Extra is actually an extended version of the PC game Every Extend.
"An extended version" - heeellllooooo????
Drill Dozer (Game Boy Advance) & Exit (PSP)
Both are side scrollers - I 'm sure it would take a lot to make a new & innovative side scroller... and I'm sure I've seen a robot with a drill on his head before.
Seriously, the article is meant to be arguing that not all games are sequels, and they use these as examples?
"The funniest and cruelest thing you can do to him is show him his own reflection. How would you feel if you woke up one morning and had tons of wrinkles on your face where none were before."
Errr, did you read the article? He doesn't appear too bothered by the mirror thing:
"Mainly, though, he leads a life of quiet confusion, never knowing exactly how old he is (he guesses maybe thirty and is always surprised by his reflection in the mirror) and reliving his grief over the death of his mother every time he hears about it."
Actually he seems quite upbeat about the whole thing, the highlight of the article for me (as it looks like you probably missed it) has to be the following:
When walking down the corridor at M.I.T. with Henry, Dr. Suzanne Corkin made the usual kind of small talk. "Do you know where you are, Henry?"
Henry grinned. "Why, of course. I'm at M.I.T.!"
Dr. Corkin was a bit surprised. "How do you know that?"
Henry laughed. He pointed to a student nearby with a large M.I.T. emblazoned on his sweatshirt. "Got ya that time!" Henry said.
It's hard to see from the CNN photo, but you can see the major design fault regarding the placement of the gas bottle here. It makes me cross my legs just thinking about the things that could go wrong!
Javascript/AJAX is merely a client-side behavioural layer added on top of the content layer (pure HTML) and the style layer (CSS), it relies on both but shouldn't be necessary for the application itself to work.
That's why I believe that AJAX is wank! If you're using the XMLHttpRequest() object you're relying on the clients having javascript enabled for the application to work.
The fact that OS X/*nix is more secure than Windows due to it's smaller user base is just a myth!
Look at web servers for example, the number of Apache boxes out there far outweighs the number of IIS servers, yet there are plenty of IIS virus' where as there has been 1(?) Apache virus (which was a vulnerability in a module - not actually apache). If it was simply a case of going for the largest user base why aren't there more Apache virus' than IIS virus'?
Errr... Toyota design and manufacture their own F1 cars in Cologne under the guidance of the two technical directors Mike Gascoyne (chassis) and Luca Marmorini (engine), using software by Dassault Systemes.
I still use 18GB SCSI's in a raid 5 array for my home use, if I need more space I'll shove in another HDD... it's faster than having a single large HDD and add's a level of redundancy for what essentially is a low MTBF component. I currently have 4 disks, 2 of which I got off e-bay for £10 so the cost is dirt cheap also in comparison.
Personally I believe MySQL won the popularity vote against postgreSQL due to better performance because it didn't have as many features, as MySQL adds these features the performance will get worse than postgres who have had the features since the beginning and have been working mainly on reliability/performance.
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"As much as I appreciate the warning, hints on HOW to know if you're infected would have certainly helped."
As much as I appreciate your comment, hints on HOW to know if you're infected would have certainly helped.
So I don't get the same response to this comment, here's some links to Nyxem/Karma Sutra/MyWife (Whatever you wanna call it) removal:
- Symantec
- McAffee
Haydn.
Unlike a lot of malware that exploits vulnerabilities in the Windows operating system, there is no 'patch' that can be downloaded to ward off this dupe!
Clock Ticking for Nyxem Virus
Microsoft Won't Offer Patch Before Worm Strikes?
Haydn.
I understand that Bill Gates has a business to run these days, but blocking out the hobbysists isn't the answer - that's where the most innovation happens, most great inventions have come from "hobbyists." (Think TV, Phone, Linux...)
Perhaps someone should remind Bill Gates where MS came from, wasn't he (and co) a hobbyist at Uni where MS started??
Haydn.
"I personally don't know where they get their idea that terrorists make their income from piracy, I might be more inclined to believe such a comment made about drugs myself than piracy..."
Actually I wouldn't belive either, it's more likely to be the American government itself, perhaps not so much now, but in the past there was a lot of spending. For example, who put Saddam in power anyway?
Haydn.
...I knew there had to be a use for all those boy bands!
You're meant to buy a license for anything that can receive & display the signals, so a TV tuner card is included in that... I have no idea if the guys that inspect properties could tell though.
How on earth do you know that's offtopic? I can't even understand it! Can we have a new mod type, illegible perhaps?
"Windows, on the other hand, just makes you feel angry and frustrated."
Perhaps you should move to the country? =P
This reminds me of the UK TV license, for those outside the UK: we have to pay a set amount* each year if we have any equipment capable of receiving and displaying TV signals - this cash goes to the BBC so that we don't have adverts etc on the BBC channels. However, if you do not possess a TV and therefore don't have a license you get a letter every month or so saying that your property doesn't have a license and they'll be sending men around to check that you don't have a TV.
Is this download license going to be a similar thing? Perhaps it's a means of narrowing the target of illegal downloaders? i.e: ISP contract holders that don't have the license may get their traffic scanned every month to make sure they're not in violation of copyright law?
Haydn.
*FYI: the amount you pay varies depending on if it's a colour/b&w tv, if you're blind/deaf etc.
"On the plus side, lazy grad students can now say, "The virus ate my thesis" :P"
So Holmes, you're saying the culprit is a CS grad student with a project due in on the 4th of February?
Elementary, my dear Watson...
I guess my assumption that it wasn't free is incorrect then... makes a change for MS I guess ;P
Anybody else noticed that tfa points to page 1 but starts at number 11?? Here's the first page.
Haydn.
I use Linux so wouldn't know much about MS Antispyware, but if I was a Windows user I'd be very miffed that MS sell a product (I assume it's not free?) that closes holes in their own OS - why aren't these holes closed in the actual Windows release? Oh yeah, profit!
Haydn.
While a safe solution, that'd be a real pita if you were working on a document that required constant researching on the net: Write paragraph, reboot to live CD, find facts/quote, reboot to windows, write paragraph, reboot... ARGH!!! You could argue that you could write the document while using the live CD, but then why bother having the windows partition at all?
"You can physically REMOVE the hard drive to ensure that it won't get infected with anything"
Further, why have your computer open to disconnect the HDD, surely you could set the live CD up so that either it doesn't mount the partitions or doesn't bring up the nic's until you've unmounted them yourself? I'm pretty certain that there's no adware/malware that gains root access and then mount partitions.
Haydn.
From the blurb:
"In response to a recent article from the Guardian about the lack of original games, Siliconera selected ten brand new titles set for release in 2006 to keep your eyes on."
OK, let's look at some of these "ten brand new titles":
Beatmania (Playstation 2)
After the success of Dance Dance Revolution in the USA, Konami has finally decided to bring the first Bemani game over.
So this is just another dance dance revolution but you press buttons with your hands instead of your feet... and that's not a sequel??
N3: Ninety Nine Nights (Xbox 360)
This brilliant game is developed by Q? Entertainment and action veteran Phantagram. On the surface it looks like a Dynasty Warriors clone
"Dynasty Warriors clone".... says it all really.
Every Extend Extra (PSP)
The second title from Q? Entertainment has more in kind with their other titles (Lumines and Meteos). Every Extend Extra is actually an extended version of the PC game Every Extend.
"An extended version" - heeellllooooo????
Drill Dozer (Game Boy Advance) & Exit (PSP)
Both are side scrollers - I 'm sure it would take a lot to make a new & innovative side scroller... and I'm sure I've seen a robot with a drill on his head before.
Seriously, the article is meant to be arguing that not all games are sequels, and they use these as examples?
Haydn.
"The funniest and cruelest thing you can do to him is show him his own reflection. How would you feel if you woke up one morning and had tons of wrinkles on your face where none were before."
Errr, did you read the article? He doesn't appear too bothered by the mirror thing:
"Mainly, though, he leads a life of quiet confusion, never knowing exactly how old he is (he guesses maybe thirty and is always surprised by his reflection in the mirror) and reliving his grief over the death of his mother every time he hears about it."
Actually he seems quite upbeat about the whole thing, the highlight of the article for me (as it looks like you probably missed it) has to be the following:
When walking down the corridor at M.I.T. with Henry, Dr. Suzanne Corkin made the usual kind of small talk. "Do you know where you are, Henry?"
Henry grinned. "Why, of course. I'm at M.I.T.!"
Dr. Corkin was a bit surprised. "How do you know that?"
Henry laughed. He pointed to a student nearby with a large M.I.T. emblazoned on his sweatshirt. "Got ya that time!" Henry said.
Haydn.
It's hard to see from the CNN photo, but you can see the major design fault regarding the placement of the gas bottle here. It makes me cross my legs just thinking about the things that could go wrong!
Anyway, there's nothing to see here, they were racing rocket bikes in the 1920's! Move along, move along...
Haydn.
Javascript/AJAX is merely a client-side behavioural layer added on top of the content layer (pure HTML) and the style layer (CSS), it relies on both but shouldn't be necessary for the application itself to work.
That's why I believe that AJAX is wank! If you're using the XMLHttpRequest() object you're relying on the clients having javascript enabled for the application to work.
Further, the IMC (Internet Mail Consortium) keeps a list of all the mail related RFC's, you'll find the list here.
Haydn.
The fact that OS X/*nix is more secure than Windows due to it's smaller user base is just a myth!
Look at web servers for example, the number of Apache boxes out there far outweighs the number of IIS servers, yet there are plenty of IIS virus' where as there has been 1(?) Apache virus (which was a vulnerability in a module - not actually apache). If it was simply a case of going for the largest user base why aren't there more Apache virus' than IIS virus'?
Haydn.
Errr... Toyota design and manufacture their own F1 cars in Cologne under the guidance of the two technical directors Mike Gascoyne (chassis) and Luca Marmorini (engine), using software by Dassault Systemes.
I still use 18GB SCSI's in a raid 5 array for my home use, if I need more space I'll shove in another HDD... it's faster than having a single large HDD and add's a level of redundancy for what essentially is a low MTBF component. I currently have 4 disks, 2 of which I got off e-bay for £10 so the cost is dirt cheap also in comparison.
They will be made up of multiple chips smaller than those in tfa, probably 1Gb, so this news will apply to those as well.
For me the two obvious choices are ASP.net vs Java Server Faces.
Why are they the two obvious choices? What about PHP for example? It sounds like you've already made your mind up - why bother asking the question?
Aye, subselects have been supported since 4.1.
Personally I believe MySQL won the popularity vote against postgreSQL due to better performance because it didn't have as many features, as MySQL adds these features the performance will get worse than postgres who have had the features since the beginning and have been working mainly on reliability/performance.
I know which I'd choose.