If only there were a way of looking up information such as this, perhaps in the form of a simple web page with a free text query? Perhaps there might be some money to made in developing such a tool.
"No reason," wailed the old woman. "No reason."
"What right did they have?"
"Catch-22. [...] Catch-22 says they have a right to do
anything we can't stop them from doing. [...]"
"Didn't they show it to you?" Yossarian demanded, stamping
about in anger and distress. "Didn't you even make them read
it?"
"They don't have to show us Catch-22," the old woman
answered. "The law says they don't have to."
"What law says they don't have to?"
"Catch-22."
Vista is secure as long as the user doesn't "allow" anything bad to happen. The idea alone is a security risk in the making. Of course no security hole is "critical" as long as there's the omnipresent popup before it happens to affect your PC. Because then it's the user's fault. YOU clicked "allow", YOU are to blame.
Whereas Linux stops the user from running trojans or doing anything else bad? I don't think so.
Vista has made major improvements in security with things like ASLR and it is harder to exploit what would have been wide-open vulnerabilities under XP. I'm not saying I like it, because I spend 95% of my time in Ubuntu on this dual-boot laptop, but it is on a par with a standard Linux security-wise these days. And that means they're not bad out of the box, but a bad admin can f*ck either up.
Personally, I'm paranoid and I have a better idea of what Linux is doing - therefore I choose Linux, but Vista is a major improvement over XP.
Security-wise that is; the usability sucks donkey dick, but hey, it's a point oh release.
Not for me. It's clunky - on a dual core, 1Gb machine - and things don't work. IE keeps falling over and sometimes my wireless NIC decides not to connect to the access point. On startup, VMware server locks the machine for about 2 minutes and then carries on as normal. Thanks, but no thanks - I'm spending >95% of my time using Ubuntu on the other partition - which mysteriously always manages to connect the same wireless access point and runs VMware just fine.
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Not the *comfy* chairs?
If only there were a way of looking up information such as this, perhaps in the form of a simple web page with a free text query? Perhaps there might be some money to made in developing such a tool.
Well, there's the problem. Should have been called 365.25 Main - otherwise it's a whole day of downtime every four years.
Don't give them ideas - next up, RIAA will want to charge double for listening in stereo and five times for surround :)
You didn't read the small print did you? The contract doesn't end with your death, and there's something about your eternal soul in there.
Because Congress is well known for its mature and insightful discussion of computer and network security issues.
Please don't use terms without explaining them! For the benefit of other slashdotters: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girl
You need to improve your google-fu. Second hit for "celluose to sugar". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellulosic_ethanol
duh! nmap -sO 0.0.0.0-255.255.255.255
Do NOT welcome our new taser-bearing robot overBZZZZZZTT Gaaaah!
Don't they get you to sign some sort of disclaimer?
"He wouldn't stop and write 'thud', would he?"
"Maybe he was dictating?"
"Oh, shut up."
"No reason," wailed the old woman. "No reason."
"What right did they have?"
"Catch-22. [...] Catch-22 says they have a right to do
anything we can't stop them from doing. [...]"
"Didn't they show it to you?" Yossarian demanded, stamping
about in anger and distress. "Didn't you even make them read
it?"
"They don't have to show us Catch-22," the old woman
answered. "The law says they don't have to."
"What law says they don't have to?"
"Catch-22."
Er, three sire.
Can you imagine, for a second
Doing anything just 'cos you wanted to?
Well, that's just what I do
So hooray for me, and fuck you.
-- "Hooray for Me", Bad Religion.
Sssh! We're actually exporting them; don't tell the Spanish government.
If you want a *nix firewall, openBSD and pf, or Linux and iptables are the best options.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transputer
IRIX 5.3 (the horror! the horror!)
You're older than I thought.
(with apologies to Spike Milligan)
66 feet to 328 feet? Wow, that's some margin of error - even for astronomers.
Whereas Linux stops the user from running trojans or doing anything else bad? I don't think so.
Vista has made major improvements in security with things like ASLR and it is harder to exploit what would have been wide-open vulnerabilities under XP. I'm not saying I like it, because I spend 95% of my time in Ubuntu on this dual-boot laptop, but it is on a par with a standard Linux security-wise these days. And that means they're not bad out of the box, but a bad admin can f*ck either up.
Personally, I'm paranoid and I have a better idea of what Linux is doing - therefore I choose Linux, but Vista is a major improvement over XP. Security-wise that is; the usability sucks donkey dick, but hey, it's a point oh release.
It's spelled 'cookie' but it's pronounce 'Throat-warbler-mangrove'.
This just in - I am not making a patent deal with Microsoft. Now please spread my name far and wide across your blogosphere. Thanks in advance!
Not for me. It's clunky - on a dual core, 1Gb machine - and things don't work. IE keeps falling over and sometimes my wireless NIC decides not to connect to the access point. On startup, VMware server locks the machine for about 2 minutes and then carries on as normal. Thanks, but no thanks - I'm spending >95% of my time using Ubuntu on the other partition - which mysteriously always manages to connect the same wireless access point and runs VMware just fine.