I will concede that it was a far, far from perfect, gross over-generalization, however, how easy is it for the average home user ( Dare I say... Joe the Plumber?) to set up something like that as opposed to a freely available FTP server and client with wizards and walkthroughs? I think you're forgetting about the step where you, the knowledgeable and experienced admin, know all this information and how to set it up correctly. You need to genereate keys for SSH. Telnet just works. As well, how many truly user-friendly GUI SCP apps exist? I'm just trying to get a general tenet of HCI across, which is that generally, the more secure you make something, the harder it is to use without special training or knowledge.
Seriosly? I must be missing something, because not only does that statement, to me, not imply that Microsoft is asking people to switch browsers, but it also doesn't come anywhere close to Microsoft "flooding media outlets" with advice to that effect.
Unlike the South Park episode in which pure cash was the cure for AIDS, there is no cure for imperfect code. I dare you to write a Hello World which you can guarantee to be completely secure until the end of time. Not like this isn't serious, and not like Microsoft has had a great track record with security, however throwing "cash" at an app doesn't guarantee unequivocal perfection. Usability is inversely proportional to security; if you want an app that will be usable by the majority of the world, then it will have security flaws no matter what. If you want an app that's completely secure forever, then your app will have to never be used by anyone ever.
Microsoft has begun flooding media outlets with information advising users to switch to an alternate browser while a serious security flaw is being patched.
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But Microsoft counselled against taking such action.
"I cannot recommend people switch due to this one flaw," said John Curran, head of Microsoft UK's Windows group.
Not trying to downplay the clear reasoning behind switching browsers, but the summary is just blatantly incorrect in this case.
Does the $21M cover the repairs to the damage done by the gas leak directly, or to that and the changes needed throughout (I would imagine) the entire system to make sure it doesn't happen again? I mean, since it failed the test and the electrical wiring couldn't handle the high current, won't they need to upgrade all the wiring? Either way, $21M really doesn't seem that bad for a project of this magnitude, I mean, what is that, the annual profits of an average smallish medium sized business?
On a desktop? Less than the cost of a hard drive. Why do you say there is a higher failure rate when the disk is shut off and on? (though for the record, a half hours seems a bit much. I'm talking about shutting it off at night only)
That's why, back in the dorm days when I had my super 1337 hardcore 0v3rcl0c3D! AMD K7 space heater, I had rigged the case with 14 fans. Inevitably one would go bad every couple of months and add a new heating element to the equation. I could never quite tell what was louder, the drumset (yes I had one in my tiny dorm room) or my PC.
All through college I left my PC on 24/7, however now that I'm paying the bill I have thermal throttling and the other new power-saving standards all turned on, and I turn everything off (router, modem and all) entirely when I'm not using it. It's odd the way people look at it; at work some users say "Well I never leave it on at night because I know that it makes the computer die quicker" and some people say "Well I never turn it off because I want it to last longer." I think the truth is that modern hardware really can handle both philosophies and it's just a matter of convenience vs. power costs at this point.
As long as it lasts half as long as the batteries in my Surefire, I'd be happy. After a couple packs of those you've pretty much paid for the flashlight all over again. That thing is bright though, enough to feel it on the back of your hand from half a meter away.
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Holy shit. This guy is right! How naive we've been! We've been reading news about technology on a technology focused website while this whole time our technology news site should have been posting items that have nothing to do with technology! What kind of crazy mixed up world is this!?!
Surely I'm missing something; except from that initial whoosh from the parent, I don't see how Bernoulli's pincipal has anything to do with whether or not the heat generated by friction from a fan is outweighed by some kind of imaginary cooling power...
It's actually B-Tree Filesystem, and according to Wikipedia it really is pronounced "Butter FS," however I really was just referring to the last time it was mentioned on/. and there were like 200 comments all on how they thought btrfs would be pronounced.
"It's rare in human history that a billionth of anything has been shipped by one company," said Logitech's general manager Rory Dooley. "Look at any other industry and it has never happened. This is a significant milestone."
Gum? Pencils? Paper? Soft drink? Bag of chips? Stick of RAM? Screwdriver? Television set? Surely some of these items have been sold more than a billion times by a single company...
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I will concede that it was a far, far from perfect, gross over-generalization, however, how easy is it for the average home user ( Dare I say... Joe the Plumber?) to set up something like that as opposed to a freely available FTP server and client with wizards and walkthroughs? I think you're forgetting about the step where you, the knowledgeable and experienced admin, know all this information and how to set it up correctly. You need to genereate keys for SSH. Telnet just works. As well, how many truly user-friendly GUI SCP apps exist? I'm just trying to get a general tenet of HCI across, which is that generally, the more secure you make something, the harder it is to use without special training or knowledge.
Hahah, you've got me, "By Stallman's beard" has now entered my vocabulary!
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail;jsessionid=0c8c144eb41e20dbd593d3e592c0?execution=e1s1
Seriosly? I must be missing something, because not only does that statement, to me, not imply that Microsoft is asking people to switch browsers, but it also doesn't come anywhere close to Microsoft "flooding media outlets" with advice to that effect.
It might actually be an imaginary number, but the math is so complex that you would need a beowulf cluster to crunch it.
Unlike the South Park episode in which pure cash was the cure for AIDS, there is no cure for imperfect code. I dare you to write a Hello World which you can guarantee to be completely secure until the end of time. Not like this isn't serious, and not like Microsoft has had a great track record with security, however throwing "cash" at an app doesn't guarantee unequivocal perfection. Usability is inversely proportional to security; if you want an app that will be usable by the majority of the world, then it will have security flaws no matter what. If you want an app that's completely secure forever, then your app will have to never be used by anyone ever.
The Links browser? Stallman knows what's up! What do you guys think, Lynx or Links? I prefer Links, just seems easier to use to me. Lynx actually did have a vulnerability disclosed in October, http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail;jsessionid=031729623a47404f1389622ff35a?execution=e1s1. That damn Lynx has just gotten too mainstream to be safe these days!
Microsoft has begun flooding media outlets with information advising users to switch to an alternate browser while a serious security flaw is being patched.
FTA:
But Microsoft counselled against taking such action.
"I cannot recommend people switch due to this one flaw," said John Curran, head of Microsoft UK's Windows group.
Not trying to downplay the clear reasoning behind switching browsers, but the summary is just blatantly incorrect in this case.
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Does the $21M cover the repairs to the damage done by the gas leak directly, or to that and the changes needed throughout (I would imagine) the entire system to make sure it doesn't happen again? I mean, since it failed the test and the electrical wiring couldn't handle the high current, won't they need to upgrade all the wiring? Either way, $21M really doesn't seem that bad for a project of this magnitude, I mean, what is that, the annual profits of an average smallish medium sized business?
How much is your data worth?
On a desktop? Less than the cost of a hard drive. Why do you say there is a higher failure rate when the disk is shut off and on? (though for the record, a half hours seems a bit much. I'm talking about shutting it off at night only)
I have them both on, but you are correct, I did not realize that thermal throttling was only an emergency system. Good to know!
That's why, back in the dorm days when I had my super 1337 hardcore 0v3rcl0c3D! AMD K7 space heater, I had rigged the case with 14 fans. Inevitably one would go bad every couple of months and add a new heating element to the equation. I could never quite tell what was louder, the drumset (yes I had one in my tiny dorm room) or my PC.
My dorm room used to get so goddamn hot because of this.
All through college I left my PC on 24/7, however now that I'm paying the bill I have thermal throttling and the other new power-saving standards all turned on, and I turn everything off (router, modem and all) entirely when I'm not using it. It's odd the way people look at it; at work some users say "Well I never leave it on at night because I know that it makes the computer die quicker" and some people say "Well I never turn it off because I want it to last longer." I think the truth is that modern hardware really can handle both philosophies and it's just a matter of convenience vs. power costs at this point.
As long as it lasts half as long as the batteries in my Surefire, I'd be happy. After a couple packs of those you've pretty much paid for the flashlight all over again. That thing is bright though, enough to feel it on the back of your hand from half a meter away.
you will be... you... will... be...
Zebulon!?!?
Holy shit. This guy is right! How naive we've been! We've been reading news about technology on a technology focused website while this whole time our technology news site should have been posting items that have nothing to do with technology! What kind of crazy mixed up world is this!?!
Surely I'm missing something; except from that initial whoosh from the parent, I don't see how Bernoulli's pincipal has anything to do with whether or not the heat generated by friction from a fan is outweighed by some kind of imaginary cooling power...
Maybe they should all just be simulated at Sandia!
It's actually B-Tree Filesystem, and according to Wikipedia it really is pronounced "Butter FS," however I really was just referring to the last time it was mentioned on /. and there were like 200 comments all on how they thought btrfs would be pronounced.
My prediction for what its worth is that ext4 will be around for a LONG time.
Like... how long? Longer than it takes to fsck an 80GB ext2 filesystem? Because that's a pretty long time.
Begin discussion revolving around what you think btrfs sounds like... again
butter file system
butterface
butt file system
etc...
"It's rare in human history that a billionth of anything has been shipped by one company," said Logitech's general manager Rory Dooley. "Look at any other industry and it has never happened. This is a significant milestone."
Gum? Pencils? Paper? Soft drink? Bag of chips? Stick of RAM? Screwdriver? Television set? Surely some of these items have been sold more than a billion times by a single company...