Besides of making a sudo clone that requires administrator access for everything including deletion of shortcuts. Will Vista really be secure? After all most of the vulnerabilities in windows 98 - XP didn't involve the user doing things he shouldn't but the OS letting some other people to do whatever they want with their PC thanks to all the holes and the time it takes to MS to fix them
There is a major flaw with the whole ransomware idea and it is that they are actually the most benign kind of virus. They just encrypt your files instead of deleting it? If someone's information is important enough to be worth paying for recovering it should already have a backup copy.
Then the real problem problem for the hacker is getting the money without losing his secret identity
I am sure that if it wasn't for piracy linux would have taken the world literally, the majority of PC users would be adepts to free software, instead piracy allows MS and other giants to retain their monomoply.
Ozone layer hole is different to Green House effect man.
If you really want to protect your economy ask yourself if Katrina hurted your economy more than affecting your industry by forcing them to reduce emissions.
Some people are rather confused about what the use for IDEs is.
It is not a tool so you could program without using your memory or to make programming easier
But college level students should avoid python it is an awfully designed language which overrides the law that programs should have a start and an end because of its crazy syntax.
A system is as weak as the weakest of its elements. And the internet is a system with way a lot of different elements, there are many things involved and many different ways to go wrong. The internet is that fragile and even more
Those guys should actually think about the reason cracks of their software have more rating than their software, it is of course the result of bad...... well bad everything , bad management, bad marketting, bad prizing.
The happy outcome is that google is getting sued perhaps because google has the money, instead, sueing the guys that make the cracks or distribute them would be harder and more difficult to get benefits from
As a matter of fact I try to make it standard compliant as much as I can and I also validate the pages whenever I have time to tweak stuff
But I also make sure it works on firefox by not using features that are not supported by it, standard compliance is one thing but standard abuse is something else
My finished pages are standard compliant and also work correctly on IE and Firefox. Sum IE is still the most used browser and firefox is still the 2nd place. That's enough of a reason not to use the features that are used by the Acid test. Of course, once official firefox starts supporting them I am gonna be more open to use those features.
He either has a serious learning disability or he didn't try any of the more user friendly distributions. Fact is that distributions like ubuntu and slax come with all the functions an actual pc user would look for already set up and running.
even if the costs are the same between buying the DVD and downloading it. Downloading it would save you the shipping costs and time which can be really high for some countries
"Next time you have someone asking you questions about Linux not knowing whether they should try, you can just direct them to this article."
Problem is that the distributions became much different and this article is only about mandriva and not linux in general.
Anyways since we are on distro wars, I think the best for starters is Slax since it is really err, awesome and it is a live CD, so they don't have to install and deal with partitions.
Oh God!! I was't really prepared to wade through a flame war over distros this morning. What a bunch of freaking zealots! You distro fanatics make me want to puke.
I started on Slackware because someone said it's a good distro to use if you want to learn what's really going on. I stand by that statement today. If you want to learn Linux then don't use some mamby-pamby cute distro. If you want to be a user of Linux then use whatever most resembles whatever floats your boat. Some might argue it's best to use something that looks most like Windows. Some wouldn't.
The desktop and the distro are quite different things. Slackware attempts for example is the best experience for developers and Ubuntu aims to be the best experience for users. It is the distribution's philosophy and not looks what is more important for first timers.
* If you want a great GUI, use Mac OS-X as there is nothing even close to it.
BS , Mac OS-X is not a Linux distro, it is not even free software and you have to buy a whole different computer to use it. Mac OS-X is out to the question you won't move to mac just to have "the best GUI" that's worthless.
If you want a simplified server then you can choose from RedHat, SuSE, or a dozen others.
* If you want a highly customizable server then you can choose from the less pretty distros of Debian, Slackware, Gentoo where changes are tightly controlled and lightly managed by the package manager.
Sure, but don't call them less pretty, they can be really pretty
* If you want to have a workstation (any OS) that is both a simplified interface and ultimately customizable then you won't find it.
For the record, the interface and the customizability factor are not mutually exclusive so there is no reason at all to think that way.
From a practical point: most *nix servers that are not Linux based (HP/Sun/IBM) have little in the way of cute interface management tools. On these heavy lift platforms the configuration tool of choice seems to be vi more than a GUI. I don't think anyone has been able to surpass this customization and I'm not certain that it is a requirement that they do. If you don't understand the workings of the applications then a GUI interface will only permit you to do damage.
It's very likely that my proposed list of distro's will create a lot of controversy, but first consider where you sit on the spectrum between ultimate customization of the machine and "I'll take what I get" user.
Sure, but It is possible that something starts by giving you the possibility to use GUI but later you can switch to config files. I have not heard of any GUI that blocks you the access to config files.
* Windows XP does have a way to remove administrative access from users, I used it and used Run as a different user when I needed to do Administrative stuff.
* During the last 14 years I used only windows (switched to ubuntu just the last month) I only had a virus once, in my early times, it was an MSDOS virus, it did not delete any vital information and it was possible to clean it with an antivirus
* I did use internet and IE for a long time and was never exploitted, mostly cause I used firewalls I guess
* Even so, I hardly had freezes in Windows XP. Windows 98 was a bitch with all the blue screens, but the other versions were actually decently estable.
There isn't any warrant that if you use windows you will get hacked, and I seriously doubt using a mac will make you less vulnerable, in fact I would sue those guys for false advertising.
I seriously doubt a Mac will be less vulnerable than a PC with linux or FreeBSD. And afterall the advertisements were about the Computers not about the software, it is dumb to believe that a piece of hardware would be less vulnerable or "invulnerable".
I can't believe mac users still rely on the brain wash ads by Apple. They should quit their false feeling of safety
And macs are like much more expensive than PCs, my old P4 PC with Kubuntu is really fast and powerful and it sure costed much less than a pretentious mac, and the only thing I would get in change of all the money would be the right to say "I have a mac I am superior to you, PC user"
I personally didn't got offended when firefox 'defaulted' to google but would surelly be if it defaulted to MSN.
But well I don't have any problem with IE 7 leading to MSN, I won't ever use that kind of software. From what I heard IE 7 does not even support PNG's alpha channel nor things like max-height in CSS
Besides, it won't run in Kubuntu without a lot of effort. I think IE7 is completelly innecessary and it can default to any search engine it wants
Although the article claims that they may no longer be immune, the reasons it states are that the mac market has grown which is equivalent to saying that the reason no one made viruses for mac before is that hackers didn't give a crap.
I simply did not understand how periodic changing helps against cracking, it just has a chance to help against cracking and even so the chance must be really low.
I mean if someone is trying to crack your password and you change the password during the cracking process then it would only help if the new password was in the first attempts of the cracking algorythm, if it was in the later attemps then it would be helpless, also a cracking attempt would just do the process twice or periodically and that would eventually crack the password
For god's sake, children will eventually see a naked body. It is not like that after seeing a naked person they will become sex addicts or perverts or anything. And what would they do about:
Art
Forumers that have nothing to do with the administrators of a site but post nude pics in their forums
[i]"In this episode, kirk, spock and a lot of extras are on drugs and end up believing they are in some sort of magical desertic island with polar bears and unicorns"[/i]
So I watch TV, I guess it would be some crappy Reality Show because this is happening in the future where TV will only have crappy reality shows. So ads start! and I won't be able to change the channel. So I just disconnect the damn TV and go to my computer. Voila.
I think the idea to let channels freeze your tv really stupid. It will end up in stupid tv shows freezing the tv before showing a 2 hours special about tubgirl
Sorry to burst the morons' bubble but I think I own my own TV and no channel should decide what I use that TV for
If this is ever implemented it will be an abuse against the consumers, it will also cripple the image of TV entertainment and industry
Eventually they will have to drop the idea
It is really dumb anyways because they could just change their format so during the show 10% of the screen has an ad
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Besides of making a sudo clone that requires administrator access for everything including deletion of shortcuts. Will Vista really be secure? After all most of the vulnerabilities in windows 98 - XP didn't involve the user doing things he shouldn't but the OS letting some other people to do whatever they want with their PC thanks to all the holes and the time it takes to MS to fix them
There is a major flaw with the whole ransomware idea and it is that they are actually the most benign kind of virus. They just encrypt your files instead of deleting it? If someone's information is important enough to be worth paying for recovering it should already have a backup copy.
Then the real problem problem for the hacker is getting the money without losing his secret identity
I am sure that if it wasn't for piracy linux would have taken the world literally, the majority of PC users would be adepts to free software, instead piracy allows MS and other giants to retain their monomoply.
Ozone layer hole is different to Green House effect man.
If you really want to protect your economy ask yourself if Katrina hurted your economy more than affecting your industry by forcing them to reduce emissions.
Would like to know that as well
Some people are rather confused about what the use for IDEs is.
It is not a tool so you could program without using your memory or to make programming easier
But college level students should avoid python it is an awfully designed language which overrides the law that programs should have a start and an end because of its crazy syntax.
A system is as weak as the weakest of its elements. And the internet is a system with way a lot of different elements, there are many things involved and many different ways to go wrong. The internet is that fragile and even more
Those guys should actually think about the reason cracks of their software have more rating than their software, it is of course the result of bad... ... well bad everything , bad management, bad marketting, bad prizing.
The happy outcome is that google is getting sued perhaps because google has the money, instead, sueing the guys that make the cracks or distribute them would be harder and more difficult to get benefits from
Either that or slashdot's users have lost their own credibility just now
As a matter of fact I try to make it standard compliant as much as I can and I also validate the pages whenever I have time to tweak stuff
But I also make sure it works on firefox by not using features that are not supported by it, standard compliance is one thing but standard abuse is something else
My finished pages are standard compliant and also work correctly on IE and Firefox. Sum IE is still the most used browser and firefox is still the 2nd place. That's enough of a reason not to use the features that are used by the Acid test. Of course, once official firefox starts supporting them I am gonna be more open to use those features.
He either has a serious learning disability or he didn't try any of the more user friendly distributions. Fact is that distributions like ubuntu and slax come with all the functions an actual pc user would look for already set up and running.
Now we only need a task that requires such capacity!
even if the costs are the same between buying the DVD and downloading it. Downloading it would save you the shipping costs and time which can be really high for some countries
"Next time you have someone asking you questions about Linux not knowing whether they should try, you can just direct them to this article."
Problem is that the distributions became much different and this article is only about mandriva and not linux in general.
Anyways since we are on distro wars, I think the best for starters is Slax since it is really err, awesome and it is a live CD, so they don't have to install and deal with partitions.
Oh God!! I was't really prepared to wade through a flame war over distros this morning. What a bunch of freaking zealots! You distro fanatics make me want to puke. I started on Slackware because someone said it's a good distro to use if you want to learn what's really going on. I stand by that statement today. If you want to learn Linux then don't use some mamby-pamby cute distro. If you want to be a user of Linux then use whatever most resembles whatever floats your boat. Some might argue it's best to use something that looks most like Windows. Some wouldn't. The desktop and the distro are quite different things. Slackware attempts for example is the best experience for developers and Ubuntu aims to be the best experience for users. It is the distribution's philosophy and not looks what is more important for first timers. * If you want a great GUI, use Mac OS-X as there is nothing even close to it. BS , Mac OS-X is not a Linux distro, it is not even free software and you have to buy a whole different computer to use it. Mac OS-X is out to the question you won't move to mac just to have "the best GUI" that's worthless. If you want a simplified server then you can choose from RedHat, SuSE, or a dozen others. * If you want a highly customizable server then you can choose from the less pretty distros of Debian, Slackware, Gentoo where changes are tightly controlled and lightly managed by the package manager. Sure, but don't call them less pretty, they can be really pretty * If you want to have a workstation (any OS) that is both a simplified interface and ultimately customizable then you won't find it. For the record, the interface and the customizability factor are not mutually exclusive so there is no reason at all to think that way. From a practical point: most *nix servers that are not Linux based (HP/Sun/IBM) have little in the way of cute interface management tools. On these heavy lift platforms the configuration tool of choice seems to be vi more than a GUI. I don't think anyone has been able to surpass this customization and I'm not certain that it is a requirement that they do. If you don't understand the workings of the applications then a GUI interface will only permit you to do damage. It's very likely that my proposed list of distro's will create a lot of controversy, but first consider where you sit on the spectrum between ultimate customization of the machine and "I'll take what I get" user. Sure, but It is possible that something starts by giving you the possibility to use GUI but later you can switch to config files. I have not heard of any GUI that blocks you the access to config files.
* Windows XP does have a way to remove administrative access from users, I used it and used Run as a different user when I needed to do Administrative stuff.
* During the last 14 years I used only windows (switched to ubuntu just the last month) I only had a virus once, in my early times, it was an MSDOS virus, it did not delete any vital information and it was possible to clean it with an antivirus
* I did use internet and IE for a long time and was never exploitted, mostly cause I used firewalls I guess
* Even so, I hardly had freezes in Windows XP. Windows 98 was a bitch with all the blue screens, but the other versions were actually decently estable.
There isn't any warrant that if you use windows you will get hacked, and I seriously doubt using a mac will make you less vulnerable, in fact I would sue those guys for false advertising.
I seriously doubt a Mac will be less vulnerable than a PC with linux or FreeBSD. And afterall the advertisements were about the Computers not about the software, it is dumb to believe that a piece of hardware would be less vulnerable or "invulnerable".
I can't believe mac users still rely on the brain wash ads by Apple. They should quit their false feeling of safety
And macs are like much more expensive than PCs, my old P4 PC with Kubuntu is really fast and powerful and it sure costed much less than a pretentious mac, and the only thing I would get in change of all the money would be the right to say "I have a mac I am superior to you, PC user"
That mac is repeating the mistake of false advertisement once again. Hope a new vulnerability on mac is found right now to shut them up
I personally didn't got offended when firefox 'defaulted' to google but would surelly be if it defaulted to MSN.
But well I don't have any problem with IE 7 leading to MSN, I won't ever use that kind of software. From what I heard IE 7 does not even support PNG's alpha channel nor things like max-height in CSS
Besides, it won't run in Kubuntu without a lot of effort. I think IE7 is completelly innecessary and it can default to any search engine it wants
Although the article claims that they may no longer be immune, the reasons it states are that the mac market has grown which is equivalent to saying that the reason no one made viruses for mac before is that hackers didn't give a crap.
All right, again I suffered from term confusion because of different languages, thanks for the clearing up
I simply did not understand how periodic changing helps against cracking, it just has a chance to help against cracking and even so the chance must be really low.
I mean if someone is trying to crack your password and you change the password during the cracking process then it would only help if the new password was in the first attempts of the cracking algorythm, if it was in the later attemps then it would be helpless, also a cracking attempt would just do the process twice or periodically and that would eventually crack the password
Oh boy I must say the product is quite satisfactory so I don't mind it was developed by Nerdy Nutcases
- Art
- Forumers that have nothing to do with the administrators of a site but post nude pics in their forums
- Torrents
- Anatomy/ Medical sites
?[i]"In this episode, kirk, spock and a lot of extras are on drugs and end up believing they are in some sort of magical desertic island with polar bears and unicorns"[/i]
So I watch TV, I guess it would be some crappy Reality Show because this is happening in the future where TV will only have crappy reality shows. So ads start! and I won't be able to change the channel. So I just disconnect the damn TV and go to my computer. Voila.
I think the idea to let channels freeze your tv really stupid. It will end up in stupid tv shows freezing the tv before showing a 2 hours special about tubgirl
Sorry to burst the morons' bubble but I think I own my own TV and no channel should decide what I use that TV for
If this is ever implemented it will be an abuse against the consumers, it will also cripple the image of TV entertainment and industry
Eventually they will have to drop the idea
It is really dumb anyways because they could just change their format so during the show 10% of the screen has an ad