It looks like most of the people posting have no idea what happened, or didn't RTFA, but that's not surprising, of course. The POINT of the article is that I can/could have sent you a message from a Yahoo account with javascript code, and when YOU opened your Gmail inbox on YOUR computer that code would have been executed.
What is so hard about this? Its very obvious to see the security risks associated with this vulnerability. And yes, it is a vulnerability. Are all the previous posters the same guys from Microsoft who sat in a board room, straight faced, and decided letting other people run C++/Java code on your Internet Explorer window would be a GOOD idea?
The right to freedom of speech does not mean that you are allowed to say anything you want. It means that the government cannot try to stop you from saying whatever you want. This is meant to protect us from the government going the way of many others and trying to suppress people's beliefs. This does not protect you in such a way that you are allowed to tell other people to go fuck themselves, or to say things that ruin a person's character or reputation. You are still held liable for what you say, which is why you can be sued for slander, and other such offenses.
"Mac OS X will not be available on any old x86 PC, though, as Apple wants to retain control over its hardware platform......Were Apple to put the x86 version of its operating system on general release, Dell would begin to manufacture Apple clones."
I guess that is a nice, roundabout way of telling people, "We're douche bags."
Knowing that people munge the maps makes me feel not so bad. The other day I looked at a map of my house and in the description it said "Loserville. Population: You."
This is really so hard to believe? IM software is no different than any other network facing software, so the same types of exploits are going to work against this just as they would against Ethereal, Apache, RDP; anything.
Just because you are only using the program to chat doesn't make it any different than anything else network facing. All any network application does is send data back and forth, it's what that program does with the data that makes it unique.
So all they should do is put up one of those "Are you crazy?" tests before getting into Google Maps, but they can change the words around to say things like, "Do you enjoy looking at outdated pictures of geography for the places you want to destroy?"
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Just show your kid one of the Goatse hacked articles that have been up on Slashdot every other day. That ought to scare them straight about what Slashdot is all about.
Wikipedia is amazing. A shining example of what people can do from working together as a community for the spread of information and making the world a better place. It is great to see Stallman's influence reaching to such extents that very awesome sites like Wiki are started and become what they are today.
That'd be rather genius. We could send something to a peaceful planet, blow their shit up, and see if they get pissed off. Again, a commendable, well thought out plan.
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What is so hard about this? Its very obvious to see the security risks associated with this vulnerability. And yes, it is a vulnerability. Are all the previous posters the same guys from Microsoft who sat in a board room, straight faced, and decided letting other people run C++/Java code on your Internet Explorer window would be a GOOD idea?
Shitheads.
The right to freedom of speech does not mean that you are allowed to say anything you want. It means that the government cannot try to stop you from saying whatever you want. This is meant to protect us from the government going the way of many others and trying to suppress people's beliefs. This does not protect you in such a way that you are allowed to tell other people to go fuck themselves, or to say things that ruin a person's character or reputation. You are still held liable for what you say, which is why you can be sued for slander, and other such offenses.
They will just get released in the next version.
I guess that is a nice, roundabout way of telling people, "We're douche bags."
Ya-who?
Knowing that people munge the maps makes me feel not so bad. The other day I looked at a map of my house and in the description it said "Loserville. Population: You."
Just because you are only using the program to chat doesn't make it any different than anything else network facing. All any network application does is send data back and forth, it's what that program does with the data that makes it unique.
A few scenes later and he is in the back of a jeep with a busted leg driving away from a raging vagina monster.
Just pretend return 0; is in there.
"Save your sould" Your soul runs on Unix?
Hackers? Or Feature Finders?
So all they should do is put up one of those "Are you crazy?" tests before getting into Google Maps, but they can change the words around to say things like, "Do you enjoy looking at outdated pictures of geography for the places you want to destroy?" [ ] Strongly Agree [ ] Agree [ ] Disagree [ ] Strongly Disagree
Well if you say it, it must be true!
Just show your kid one of the Goatse hacked articles that have been up on Slashdot every other day. That ought to scare them straight about what Slashdot is all about.
If people wanted to buy it they wouldn't be in financial trouble.
Did they hire the guys from the Mars naming program to figure this one out?
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/09/2 5/0647254&tid=226
Give it a minute and a thousand volunteers will fix it up and include links to various other informational websites.
Wikipedia is amazing. A shining example of what people can do from working together as a community for the spread of information and making the world a better place. It is great to see Stallman's influence reaching to such extents that very awesome sites like Wiki are started and become what they are today.
Smart enough to get to Mars, but not creative enough to think up new names for things...?
That'd be rather genius. We could send something to a peaceful planet, blow their shit up, and see if they get pissed off. Again, a commendable, well thought out plan.
Finally it can be proven that girls do indeed fart.