Good, because I wasn't so sure about the torrent myself. I could only vouch for the magnet & ed2k links. I didn't feel like redownloading the same file throught BT just to be sure;).
Well, that's not a lot of info. All they say is: 'it's vulnerable! run for the hills!'.
I don't use iTunes, so I don't really care, but what's the vector? Is it a malformed MP3/AAC file? Does iTunes run as a service that listens to a certain port, and can it be attacked through there (probably not likely, as I don't see why a music player should be listening to some port)?
This lacks information, and you really can't do anything to protect yourself if you don't know how the hell the exploit works...
I never had any problems playing mine. I generally use Winamp, but when I tested it in WMP it worked ok too.
The lack of hardware that plays ogg is bad, though. It's the only reason I haven't bought an MP3 player yet. (well, some play ogg, but they're either more expensive, or I don't see them in the stores).
It's been general knowledge that the majority of users on/. use Windows. But if you'd compare it to other websites, there's a bigger percentage of users that use Linux (but it's still not the majority).
Incidentally, I'm posting this from Linux (Ubuntu Breezy Badger).
I doubt their comment form has a moderation system, so any insightful comments will drown between all the goatse and tubgirl images and ascii pr0n that will undoubtedly be sent;)...
Given that, exactly what "sleezy" tactics do you think MS has in their bag of tricks that can overcome a losing market share?
Simple things, like adding a search box in IE that defaults to using MSN search, and making it not-obvious how to remove it. There's a huge amount of people that won't change their start page, and an even bigger amount will not bother changing the search engine.
Integration it with their desktop search will probably be done too.
They've done it before, and they'll do it again. (at least they'll try to)
MS' tactic has always been to count on the huge amount of people hat just use the default choice that is offered with the OS. As long as that default choice doesn't suck completely, people will keep using it. That's how they won the first browser wars (well, Netscape did their own part in losing that fight too, ofcourse).
So what, there's lots of people that download it through P2P (bittorrent, G2, ed2k,...) that don't get counted. Sneakernet and copying the installer over LANs doesn't get counted either, and there are countless mirrors too.
I think it's undercounted, not inflated.
Anyway, download numbers don't really matter, it's usage share that matters. As there's probably a sizeable fraction of those downloads that get uninstalled right away.
My nick online is usually 'Jonne' (because that's what people IRL call me), but because that's apparently a real name in some parts of the world, it's always taken when I want to register, forcing me to use 1337 sp34k to at least get something similar...
And it always turns out that the user that took the name never even uses his account, and was probably made up by the site creator to inflate member numbers (ok, that's not true).
Anyway, 1337 sp34k is always the solution, so just change your name to CmdrT4c0 and forget about it...
I have two questions: 1. Why don't they check the (paper!) documents they got from the judge or whoever to check if they really were sheduled to go out that day? 2. Why didn't those let out late complain? I'm sure the first thing they did when they got there, was circling the date they were sheduled to get out on their calender. (or whatever paper they have handy). How can they not notice that they passed that date by x weeks?
This story as usually raises more questions than it answers...
OT rant: Damn you, shallow news outlets! If a plane crashes, we get every small detail about what happened on which second, and what systems failed, but when it's about computer problems, all they can tell us is a 'glitch' or a 'crash' happened because they think it would be 'too technical'. Just tell exactly what the problem was, and if people don't understand completely, it's not going to kill them.
If they're referring to MSN Messenger, yes. Nobody uses their crappy portal & search, though.
MSN Messenger took off in Europe, because it's preinstalled on windows XP (and has nag screens that almost force you to sign up), and there was virtually no competition. ICQ was used, but not that much. AIM never got used in Europe, being an American thing (AOL only recently became an ISP in Europe).
But people are growing sick of the ads and extra tabs in the interface, so alternative apps like Gaim and Trillian are slowly getting used more. And once you have a multinetwork IM, nothing's stopping you from signing up on jabber or something else, while keeping your current contacts.
MSN's success in Europe and Asia was because it got shipped with the OS before any competitor got a large enough user base (and everyone had a hotmail address anyway).
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Good, because I wasn't so sure about the torrent myself. I could only vouch for the magnet & ed2k links. I didn't feel like redownloading the same file throught BT just to be sure ;).
For the people using Windows:
Gnutella, G2 and ed2k go here.
torrent can be found here.
Well, that's not a lot of info.
All they say is: 'it's vulnerable! run for the hills!'.
I don't use iTunes, so I don't really care, but what's the vector? Is it a malformed MP3/AAC file? Does iTunes run as a service that listens to a certain port, and can it be attacked through there (probably not likely, as I don't see why a music player should be listening to some port)?
This lacks information, and you really can't do anything to protect yourself if you don't know how the hell the exploit works...
I never had any problems playing mine. I generally use Winamp, but when I tested it in WMP it worked ok too.
The lack of hardware that plays ogg is bad, though. It's the only reason I haven't bought an MP3 player yet. (well, some play ogg, but they're either more expensive, or I don't see them in the stores).
i think I'll go with the 'CowboyNeal' option again...
Well, for one, you have to enter a long, complicated CD key ;).
It's been general knowledge that the majority of users on /. use Windows. But if you'd compare it to other websites, there's a bigger percentage of users that use Linux (but it's still not the majority).
Incidentally, I'm posting this from Linux (Ubuntu Breezy Badger).
I doubt their comment form has a moderation system, so any insightful comments will drown between all the goatse and tubgirl images and ascii pr0n that will undoubtedly be sent ;)...
Given that, exactly what "sleezy" tactics do you think MS has in their bag of tricks that can overcome a losing market share?
Simple things, like adding a search box in IE that defaults to using MSN search, and making it not-obvious how to remove it. There's a huge amount of people that won't change their start page, and an even bigger amount will not bother changing the search engine.
Integration it with their desktop search will probably be done too.
They've done it before, and they'll do it again. (at least they'll try to)
MS' tactic has always been to count on the huge amount of people hat just use the default choice that is offered with the OS. As long as that default choice doesn't suck completely, people will keep using it. That's how they won the first browser wars (well, Netscape did their own part in losing that fight too, ofcourse).
So what, ...) that don't get counted. Sneakernet and copying the installer over LANs doesn't get counted either, and there are countless mirrors too.
there's lots of people that download it through P2P (bittorrent, G2, ed2k,
I think it's undercounted, not inflated.
Anyway, download numbers don't really matter, it's usage share that matters. As there's probably a sizeable fraction of those downloads that get uninstalled right away.
My nick online is usually 'Jonne' (because that's what people IRL call me), but because that's apparently a real name in some parts of the world, it's always taken when I want to register, forcing me to use 1337 sp34k to at least get something similar...
And it always turns out that the user that took the name never even uses his account, and was probably made up by the site creator to inflate member numbers (ok, that's not true).
Anyway, 1337 sp34k is always the solution, so just change your name to CmdrT4c0 and forget about it...
Just truncate the nyud.net:8090 part from the link, and reload.
And be happy that the site you're trying to reach isn't slashdotted for once.
I have two questions:
1. Why don't they check the (paper!) documents they got from the judge or whoever to check if they really were sheduled to go out that day?
2. Why didn't those let out late complain? I'm sure the first thing they did when they got there, was circling the date they were sheduled to get out on their calender. (or whatever paper they have handy). How can they not notice that they passed that date by x weeks?
This story as usually raises more questions than it answers...
OT rant: Damn you, shallow news outlets! If a plane crashes, we get every small detail about what happened on which second, and what systems failed, but when it's about computer problems, all they can tell us is a 'glitch' or a 'crash' happened because they think it would be 'too technical'. Just tell exactly what the problem was, and if people don't understand completely, it's not going to kill them.
If they're referring to MSN Messenger, yes. Nobody uses their crappy portal & search, though. MSN Messenger took off in Europe, because it's preinstalled on windows XP (and has nag screens that almost force you to sign up), and there was virtually no competition. ICQ was used, but not that much. AIM never got used in Europe, being an American thing (AOL only recently became an ISP in Europe). But people are growing sick of the ads and extra tabs in the interface, so alternative apps like Gaim and Trillian are slowly getting used more. And once you have a multinetwork IM, nothing's stopping you from signing up on jabber or something else, while keeping your current contacts. MSN's success in Europe and Asia was because it got shipped with the OS before any competitor got a large enough user base (and everyone had a hotmail address anyway).
I guess humans in general are stupid an greedy then...