Well, it appears someone, possibly Google, has taken down this game. It's the reason I read this far, and I'm quite surprised that nobody cared enough about this issue 3 days later that nobody checked and posted this fact before me. Therefore, I should get more Insightful mods than anybody else on this thread, but we'll see...
What does the computer you're using have to do with your choice of nick? Did you mean "sick of this computer lark"?
Or are you referring to slashdot's servers, which will forever remember your original nick? Or is there something else I'm not getting - this could, of course, be way over my head, as you do seem to have an ultra-low UID thing going on there...
Yes, but I was actually illustrating that Sophos has a very long history of writing quality bug-free software for mission-critical environments, like Governments, Educational Institutions, and large corporations.
The chances of their software not functioning as intended and screwing up systems or backups are far smaller than their lesser counterparts, Symantec et al, and the whole article smells of Troll Fat.
Sophos DID hardly slow the systems down at all, it maxed out 1% CPU time most of the time, and flagged "dodgy" executables as they landed in the network share, before allowing Windows even to load icons from them. I realising I'm biting YET ANOTHER troll, but what else is there that one can do to fight bullshit and misinformation? Anybody else got experience using Sophos in an NT4 Workstation / Server environment "back in the day" wanna back me up?
Compared to Norton, Symantec, and the other system-strangling solutions available for virus detection, Sophos is definitely the leading provider. When I was at college (10 years ago), their software scanned everything coming in and going out, and yet hardly slowed the systems down at all (yes, if you had a local machine Admin account you could end the process and prove this!)
I would be surprised if this turned out to be true.
Oh, I see what you did there, getting F!r5t allows the other cheeky trolls top of the dicussion slots! Hooray!! Unfortunately, I have nothing interesting to say about this, other than the usual "In Soviet Russia..." crap, and you know how that goes. Okay, go mod-bombs.
I notice that this article is slowly working it's way down the homepage without comment - maybe it's because all you males feel inadequate now there's proof we can do it without you!!
Cue Anonymous Cowards relentless biting and the silent army of woman-hating mods... GO!
First person to call Rachel a snake gets modded "Redundant" - cos I've pre-empted you this time!
I notice that this article is slowly working it's way down the front page without even a first post - perhaps all you men feel slightly inadequate with this proof that, yes, we women can do without you!
Cue relentless flood of Anonymous Coward biters, and the silent army of woman-troll-hating mods...
First "Rachel is a snake" comment get's modded redundant 'cos I've already pre-empted you! GO!
I notice that this article is slowly working it's way down the homepage without even a First Post - perhaps all you men feel slightly inadequate now there's proof that yes, we women can do without you!
Cue Anonymous Coward's relentless troll-biting and the silent army of female-hating Mods! GO!
Duh, of course! And he opens mine! And my parents decided who I could talk to and when! IM IN THE UK folks! NO RIGHTS! Stop applying your nonsense Amendments this that and the other, and consider that I, yes I, who does seem like a bitch cos I'm trolling about the EXACT things that have happened to me, that I might be the abused party, esp. by my parents, and that maybe, just maybe, I know these things because the law was never there to help me!
So far, all the comments are based on the assumption that this is a malicious app. However, my husbands / wifes property is also my property, therefore I can install whatever I want to spy on him / her.
I am also entitled to send private investigators to investigate his / her extramarital relations, which includes legally taking pictures from a public place into his / her new partner's windows to prove impropriety. I can use this evidence in court to procure a favourable divorce settlement.
So what, exactly, is the problem with this app, Google? My right to legally investigate my partner is being taken away, possibly illegally, if all apps of this type are removed.
There may be more proof here that "It's not what you know, it's who you know!" than people realise... I mean, come on, how many of us young, fit, healthy, brainy people who'd be willing get this chance? What are the odds of them both being "the best of the best of the best, sir"?
Remember, "Disagree" is not a mod option! Remember, meta-moderation works! (or so they say...)
lol
I'm not implying that I do. In fact, I am without problems of this kind, including Norton and other forms of malware...
However, we all know the dancing monkey problem by now, and I was merely illustrating that there's no way to discern between the two methods of recieving malware available with current browsers.
1) I use Firefox to dl malware on purpose. I double click on it in download manager, and answer yes. BROWSER launches the process. It installs.
2) I am hit by a drive-by website. BROWSER launches the process. It installs.
How the hell is this vapourware supposed to know the difference between my clicks and the browsers imaginary clicks? (for want of a better metaphor...)
Slashdot Mirror
Posting on the 22nd of Dec at 23:01 UTC...
Well, it appears someone, possibly Google, has taken down this game. It's the reason I read this far, and I'm quite surprised that nobody cared enough about this issue 3 days later that nobody checked and posted this fact before me. Therefore, I should get more Insightful mods than anybody else on this thread, but we'll see...
What does the computer you're using have to do with your choice of nick? Did you mean "sick of this computer lark"?
Or are you referring to slashdot's servers, which will forever remember your original nick? Or is there something else I'm not getting - this could, of course, be way over my head, as you do seem to have an ultra-low UID thing going on there...
This is the crappest troll I've ever seen, and mine are pretty lame. Sorry Anon, you're definitely getting tired towards the end of the article here.
Or he may be referring to the generated image filenames from digital cameras and scanner software.
Rach
Yes, but I was actually illustrating that Sophos has a very long history of writing quality bug-free software for mission-critical environments, like Governments, Educational Institutions, and large corporations.
The chances of their software not functioning as intended and screwing up systems or backups are far smaller than their lesser counterparts, Symantec et al, and the whole article smells of Troll Fat.
Sophos DID hardly slow the systems down at all, it maxed out 1% CPU time most of the time, and flagged "dodgy" executables as they landed in the network share, before allowing Windows even to load icons from them. I realising I'm biting YET ANOTHER troll, but what else is there that one can do to fight bullshit and misinformation? Anybody else got experience using Sophos in an NT4 Workstation / Server environment "back in the day" wanna back me up?
If you're a government, educational institution, or a large corporation, you've definitely heard of them.
If you're a troll on /. with no real experience working in IT, then of course you haven't heard of them.
Compared to Norton, Symantec, and the other system-strangling solutions available for virus detection, Sophos is definitely the leading provider. When I was at college (10 years ago), their software scanned everything coming in and going out, and yet hardly slowed the systems down at all (yes, if you had a local machine Admin account you could end the process and prove this!)
I would be surprised if this turned out to be true.
The Radeon 5870 is a single-GPU card, as is the Geforce GTX 580. The 5970 is a dual-GPU card, and so can't be fairly compared to the NVidia board.
The article compares ATi's fastest single GPU card (their "flagship") to NVidia's fastest single GPU card, and finds NVidia's to be faster.
Yes, I know.... Anonymous Coward has such a funny way of showing it, but I've often been amused and sometimes even flattered by his responses.
Imagining him as one person, called Anonymous Coward, adds to my amusement. In fact, some of my worst posts (see gp) only exist to provoke him. :)
Oh, I see what you did there, getting F!r5t allows the other cheeky trolls top of the dicussion slots! Hooray!! Unfortunately, I have nothing interesting to say about this, other than the usual "In Soviet Russia..." crap, and you know how that goes. Okay, go mod-bombs.
Cue Anonymous Cowards relentless biting and the silent army of woman-hating mods... GO!
First person to call Rachel a snake gets modded "Redundant" - cos I've pre-empted you this time!
I notice that this article is slowly working it's way down the front page without even a first post - perhaps all you men feel slightly inadequate with this proof that, yes, we women can do without you! Cue relentless flood of Anonymous Coward biters, and the silent army of woman-troll-hating mods... First "Rachel is a snake" comment get's modded redundant 'cos I've already pre-empted you! GO!
I notice that this article is slowly working it's way down the homepage without even a First Post - perhaps all you men feel slightly inadequate now there's proof that yes, we women can do without you! Cue Anonymous Coward's relentless troll-biting and the silent army of female-hating Mods! GO!
Heh heh, I've trolled even the trolls today. This day will go down in Federation history as the day Rachel... oh forget it. :-P
Duh, of course! And he opens mine! And my parents decided who I could talk to and when! IM IN THE UK folks! NO RIGHTS! Stop applying your nonsense Amendments this that and the other, and consider that I, yes I, who does seem like a bitch cos I'm trolling about the EXACT things that have happened to me, that I might be the abused party, esp. by my parents, and that maybe, just maybe, I know these things because the law was never there to help me!
I'm not even married, YHBT. Thanks for playing!
No stalker could install this on my husband's phone without physical access, either. Next?
1) YHBT
2) Who says I would or wouldn't - this is about the RIGHT to do so in my legal jurisdiction if I suspect blah blah...
3) Morales != Ethics.
Rachel x
It isn't legal to DeCSS in some countries, but if I can in mine, then I can. It's not for the App Store to decide (wrongly, in this case - UK)
I am also entitled to send private investigators to investigate his / her extramarital relations, which includes legally taking pictures from a public place into his / her new partner's windows to prove impropriety. I can use this evidence in court to procure a favourable divorce settlement.
So what, exactly, is the problem with this app, Google? My right to legally investigate my partner is being taken away, possibly illegally, if all apps of this type are removed.
There may be more proof here that "It's not what you know, it's who you know!" than people realise... I mean, come on, how many of us young, fit, healthy, brainy people who'd be willing get this chance? What are the odds of them both being "the best of the best of the best, sir"?
Remember, "Disagree" is not a mod option! Remember, meta-moderation works! (or so they say...)
And yes, spelling Nazis, I have now noticed my i - before - the - e - except - after - c mistake and wished I'd used Preview!
lol I'm not implying that I do. In fact, I am without problems of this kind, including Norton and other forms of malware... However, we all know the dancing monkey problem by now, and I was merely illustrating that there's no way to discern between the two methods of recieving malware available with current browsers.
This is stupid. Consider the following scenarios:
1) I use Firefox to dl malware on purpose. I double click on it in download manager, and answer yes. BROWSER launches the process. It installs.
2) I am hit by a drive-by website. BROWSER launches the process. It installs.
How the hell is this vapourware supposed to know the difference between my clicks and the browsers imaginary clicks? (for want of a better metaphor...)