I think most of you are missing the big picture. Any of you seen the movie "Enemy of the State?" Will Smith was just like most of you.
"Why do I care if they're invading my privacy? I'm not doing anything illegal!"
Yeah that's exactly how it always starts. All the "honest citizens" sign away all their rights in hopes of catching the criminals. However, in order to do that, you have to treat the "honest citizens" like criminals. Before you know it, everything you buy or say over the phone gets you red flagged. There are examples of false alarms of good people posted all over the net. I don't care who you are, there is something in your lifestyle or habits that "resembles the criminal profile." Where do you draw the line?
Also, I thought slashdot was the home of comspiracy theories?
In 2001, there was a discrepency of $311 billion between what was owed and what people paid. $311 billion!
Talk about propaganda! People think about it: In order to estimate how much money they're missing, they'd have to have some idea as to who wasn't paying. If they had kind of lead, they'd be auditing that class of tax payers (which they probably are). This is just another platform for Government Agencies to push their agendas of privacy invasion.
ps: I hit "Submit" instead of "Preview". I trid to hit stop, but I couldn't catch it in time. Sorry for the inconvience.
I think most of you are missing the big picture. Any of you seen the movie "Enemy of the State?" Will Smith was just like most of you.
Yeah that's exactly how it always starts. All the "honest citizens" sign away all their rights in hopes of catching the criminals. However, in order to do that, you have to treat the "honest citizens" like criminals.
I don't care who you are, there is something in your lifestyle or habits that resembles something a criminal would do. Where do you draw the line?
Also, I thought slashdot was the home of comspiracy theories?
In 2001, there was a discrepency of $311 billion between what was owed and what people paid. $311 billion! Since when do we trust big coporations around here? The governement HAS to be the biggets corporation of them all! People think about it: In order to estimate how much money they're missing, they'd have to have some idea as to who wasn't paying. If they had kind of lead, they'd be auditing that class of tax payers (which they probably are).
eBay is one of the best, most useful websites on the Internet, and the addition of PayPal to their family has made it even better.
Yeah, it's also the playground for the majority of internet sales fraud. What compliments it even better is how easily they facilitate it by doing virtually nothing to punish sellers (so they can keep those listing fees up), institute a feedback policy that they don't regulate (even if you have written proof of it being against their OWN rules), and firmly stand behind their policy that anything after 60 days is "on you". It could take you that long to get your packages and correspond with the seller, or to verfiy that something is wrong with your item.
eBay is an example of everything that is WRONG with today's companies - they do as they wish because they don't have any competition.
Regardless of *why* things are like that, the fact still remains - programs assume you have admin permissions. It seems to me that no one tend to give someone's post some thought before they respond around here. XP was introduced in October 2001. In 2003, reports came out about the most widely used version of Windows. You know what it was? Windows 95. FYI: Chessmaster 9000 came out in 2002, while Doom 3 and FarCry came out in 2004. You can NOT structure your business or program a set way for years, and then change it in 2002, and expect everyone to have adjusted by 2004.
I am not advocating a switch to Linux. what I am saying is that Linux adopted it's file hierarchy from Unix, and thus has been using it for decades. So obviously, programmers are conditioned to utilize the Home folder.
ps. You inadvertently proved my point: The change left things in a compromising situation, and admins (such as yourself:-) are left to clean up the mess. The average user isn't going to try. My point wasn't to point the finger at Microsoft, it was to point out the transition phase that they're in.
Windows XP Firewall did NOT block outbound traffic until SP2. Read this link and see for yourself. There are numerous reviews all over the net that support what I say.
How's it Windows' fault that the software written to run on Windows places user save files in the 'secure' Program Files directory?
Like I said, Windows XP wasn't introduced to the masses until almost 2002. You can't have people develop programs under the 9.x way for 6-8 years, then blame the designers for developing a habit to do so. It's just like XP Service Pack 2. Windows XP had been out for about 2-2 1/2 years before they released SP2. Now all of a sudden, you introduce your firewall that monitors incoming traffic as well as outgoing traffic. Dozens of programs are broken, because they had gotten accustomed to the old way, and never had to worry about their outgoing connection being blocked
About a week ago, for various reasons, I decided to format my laptop and put Windows XP Professional on there. I previously had Slackware Linux 10.2 installed, but since my desktop has been dual-booting for a while, I figured I might as well get my money's worth and put Windows on the laptop (Linux also doesn't support the SD card reader, but that's another story). The installation went nicely, and I continued to do the tedious tasks that you do after a format. (validate windows, download patches, install drivers and apps, etc...) I installed a second user account for administrative uses and named it "Root".
I logged into my "Root" account, and installed Chessmaster 9000. When I logged back into my regular user account, the game wouldn't start. After a while, it dawned on me that Chessmaster installs the bulk of the data in your My Documents folder. So I uninstalled it, then tried to install it under my user's account. Now, if you're trying to install a program, and you're not the Administrator, a simple dialog will pop up and prompt you the password. However when the install finished, the program wouldn't start. Since I installed as Administrator (I had no choice), I the data was stored in the Administrator's My Documents folder. I tried to link to it - I even tried to install as Administrator, and put a link to his folder (and changing permissions) in the default folder so all users would use it.
Nothing worked properly. I ended up having to change my user account back to Administrator privileges, install the program, then change it back. And this is just for Chessmaster. Other programs are even worse. Doom 3, FarCry, and Call of Duty all install their data in the Program Files folder. So in order to play the game without being root, you have to change the permissions on the saved games folder.
The point of the story is this: Linux doesn't have the problems that Windows has, because it's more secure by design - not by luck. A significant amount of programs are designed for the user to have Administrator access, and assume that you will always run with such permissions. Windows didn't switch the masses to the NT design until XP, which was released 4th Quarter 2001. As a result, you have generations of programs that assume they can read/write whatever and wherever they want - leaving a mess for the end user to sort out. In the end, they'll just say to hell with it and run as Administrator.
(And that's not even addressing the masses that bought OEM pc's that run XP Home with Administrator priviledes by defaut)
Comments like yours remind me why I hate internet forums.
First of all, you took what he said out of content. even though he said what you posted. you completely overlooked the main focus of his post, and chose to dwell only what you took issue with - not because it was offensive, but because it hit a nerve with some unresolved issues that you have.
Those kids were just being kids, everyone in that situation would have done the same thing. I would say Raza should have thought how video taping this ridiculous video AND LEAVING IT IN THE SCHOOL TV STUDIO would affect his life. I mean, did he expect no one to see it there?
That would be the point. And guess what? Like it or not, it's true. Young boys have been doing things of this nature for years. Even kids who aren't bullies play pranks on each other sometimes. Not because they're evil - because they're kids. Truth be told, you don't know what the relationship was between the kids. That's today's ultra-sensitive society - everyone's having fun, until someone gets mad, tells their parents, and someone's getting sued. Half of the time the kids intentions weren't even how they tried to depict them as.
But that's not why I hate the internet. I can tolerate views that differ from mine with no problem. What I can't stand is the attitude that's reflected in the comment that you made:
Yeah, I know your type well, if you're what I think you are. How's the gas-pumping business, ya fucking jock?
I take online abuse on a regular basis from people like you, and I wasn't even a jock. Not because I'm rude, because people like you who hold these types of things in. They walk around fine, but the moment they get into a situtation of power, they're hell to deal with. Support forums are full of them all over the internet. You see, after years of being bullied, you have your safe haven where you can say whatever you like to whoever you like, and they just have to take it. Whether their power is in being a moderator, or in having a bunch of friends on the board, they frequently abuse it. They walk around all the time with a chip on their shoulder, making curt and semi-sarcastic, hoping someone says something back so they can let them have it or boot them from a room.
That "Internet John Wayne" crap isn't any less offensive or abusive than the kids that posted a silly dance tape on the internet. At least the kid recorded it himself.
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I think most of you are missing the big picture. Any of you seen the movie "Enemy of the State?" Will Smith was just like most of you.
"Why do I care if they're invading my privacy? I'm not doing anything illegal!"
Yeah that's exactly how it always starts. All the "honest citizens" sign away all their rights in hopes of catching the criminals. However, in order to do that, you have to treat the "honest citizens" like criminals. Before you know it, everything you buy or say over the phone gets you red flagged. There are examples of false alarms of good people posted all over the net. I don't care who you are, there is something in your lifestyle or habits that "resembles the criminal profile." Where do you draw the line?
Also, I thought slashdot was the home of comspiracy theories?
In 2001, there was a discrepency of $311 billion between what was owed and what people paid. $311 billion!
Talk about propaganda! People think about it: In order to estimate how much money they're missing, they'd have to have some idea as to who wasn't paying. If they had kind of lead, they'd be auditing that class of tax payers (which they probably are). This is just another platform for Government Agencies to push their agendas of privacy invasion.
ps: I hit "Submit" instead of "Preview". I trid to hit stop, but I couldn't catch it in time. Sorry for the inconvience.
I think most of you are missing the big picture. Any of you seen the movie "Enemy of the State?" Will Smith was just like most of you.
Yeah that's exactly how it always starts. All the "honest citizens" sign away all their rights in hopes of catching the criminals. However, in order to do that, you have to treat the "honest citizens" like criminals.
I don't care who you are, there is something in your lifestyle or habits that resembles something a criminal would do. Where do you draw the line?
Also, I thought slashdot was the home of comspiracy theories?
In 2001, there was a discrepency of $311 billion between what was owed and what people paid. $311 billion! Since when do we trust big coporations around here? The governement HAS to be the biggets corporation of them all! People think about it: In order to estimate how much money they're missing, they'd have to have some idea as to who wasn't paying. If they had kind of lead, they'd be auditing that class of tax payers (which they probably are).
eBay is one of the best, most useful websites on the Internet, and the addition of PayPal to their family has made it even better.
Yeah, it's also the playground for the majority of internet sales fraud. What compliments it even better is how easily they facilitate it by doing virtually nothing to punish sellers (so they can keep those listing fees up), institute a feedback policy that they don't regulate (even if you have written proof of it being against their OWN rules), and firmly stand behind their policy that anything after 60 days is "on you". It could take you that long to get your packages and correspond with the seller, or to verfiy that something is wrong with your item.
eBay is an example of everything that is WRONG with today's companies - they do as they wish because they don't have any competition.
They make a frontend to ClamAV already. The also make a few other ones as well.
Enjoy!
Regardless of *why* things are like that, the fact still remains - programs assume you have admin permissions. It seems to me that no one tend to give someone's post some thought before they respond around here. XP was introduced in October 2001. In 2003, reports came out about the most widely used version of Windows. You know what it was? Windows 95. FYI: Chessmaster 9000 came out in 2002, while Doom 3 and FarCry came out in 2004. You can NOT structure your business or program a set way for years, and then change it in 2002, and expect everyone to have adjusted by 2004.
:-) are left to clean up the mess. The average user isn't going to try. My point wasn't to point the finger at Microsoft, it was to point out the transition phase that they're in.
I am not advocating a switch to Linux. what I am saying is that Linux adopted it's file hierarchy from Unix, and thus has been using it for decades. So obviously, programmers are conditioned to utilize the Home folder.
ps. You inadvertently proved my point: The change left things in a compromising situation, and admins (such as yourself
Windows XP Firewall did NOT block outbound traffic until SP2. Read this link and see for yourself. There are numerous reviews all over the net that support what I say.
How's it Windows' fault that the software written to run on Windows places user save files in the 'secure' Program Files directory?
Like I said, Windows XP wasn't introduced to the masses until almost 2002. You can't have people develop programs under the 9.x way for 6-8 years, then blame the designers for developing a habit to do so. It's just like XP Service Pack 2. Windows XP had been out for about 2-2 1/2 years before they released SP2. Now all of a sudden, you introduce your firewall that monitors incoming traffic as well as outgoing traffic. Dozens of programs are broken, because they had gotten accustomed to the old way, and never had to worry about their outgoing connection being blocked
Now in that situation who's fault is it?
Here's a quick anecdote for you:
About a week ago, for various reasons, I decided to format my laptop and put Windows XP Professional on there. I previously had Slackware Linux 10.2 installed, but since my desktop has been dual-booting for a while, I figured I might as well get my money's worth and put Windows on the laptop (Linux also doesn't support the SD card reader, but that's another story). The installation went nicely, and I continued to do the tedious tasks that you do after a format. (validate windows, download patches, install drivers and apps, etc...) I installed a second user account for administrative uses and named it "Root".
I logged into my "Root" account, and installed Chessmaster 9000. When I logged back into my regular user account, the game wouldn't start. After a while, it dawned on me that Chessmaster installs the bulk of the data in your My Documents folder. So I uninstalled it, then tried to install it under my user's account. Now, if you're trying to install a program, and you're not the Administrator, a simple dialog will pop up and prompt you the password. However when the install finished, the program wouldn't start. Since I installed as Administrator (I had no choice), I the data was stored in the Administrator's My Documents folder. I tried to link to it - I even tried to install as Administrator, and put a link to his folder (and changing permissions) in the default folder so all users would use it.
Nothing worked properly. I ended up having to change my user account back to Administrator privileges, install the program, then change it back. And this is just for Chessmaster. Other programs are even worse. Doom 3, FarCry, and Call of Duty all install their data in the Program Files folder. So in order to play the game without being root, you have to change the permissions on the saved games folder.
The point of the story is this: Linux doesn't have the problems that Windows has, because it's more secure by design - not by luck. A significant amount of programs are designed for the user to have Administrator access, and assume that you will always run with such permissions. Windows didn't switch the masses to the NT design until XP, which was released 4th Quarter 2001. As a result, you have generations of programs that assume they can read/write whatever and wherever they want - leaving a mess for the end user to sort out. In the end, they'll just say to hell with it and run as Administrator.
(And that's not even addressing the masses that bought OEM pc's that run XP Home with Administrator priviledes by defaut)
Comments like yours remind me why I hate internet forums.
First of all, you took what he said out of content. even though he said what you posted. you completely overlooked the main focus of his post, and chose to dwell only what you took issue with - not because it was offensive, but because it hit a nerve with some unresolved issues that you have.
Those kids were just being kids, everyone in that situation would have done the same thing. I would say Raza should have thought how video taping this ridiculous video AND LEAVING IT IN THE SCHOOL TV STUDIO would affect his life. I mean, did he expect no one to see it there?
That would be the point. And guess what? Like it or not, it's true. Young boys have been doing things of this nature for years. Even kids who aren't bullies play pranks on each other sometimes. Not because they're evil - because they're kids. Truth be told, you don't know what the relationship was between the kids. That's today's ultra-sensitive society - everyone's having fun, until someone gets mad, tells their parents, and someone's getting sued. Half of the time the kids intentions weren't even how they tried to depict them as.
But that's not why I hate the internet. I can tolerate views that differ from mine with no problem. What I can't stand is the attitude that's reflected in the comment that you made:
Yeah, I know your type well, if you're what I think you are. How's the gas-pumping business, ya fucking jock?
I take online abuse on a regular basis from people like you, and I wasn't even a jock. Not because I'm rude, because people like you who hold these types of things in. They walk around fine, but the moment they get into a situtation of power, they're hell to deal with. Support forums are full of them all over the internet. You see, after years of being bullied, you have your safe haven where you can say whatever you like to whoever you like, and they just have to take it. Whether their power is in being a moderator, or in having a bunch of friends on the board, they frequently abuse it. They walk around all the time with a chip on their shoulder, making curt and semi-sarcastic, hoping someone says something back so they can let them have it or boot them from a room.
That "Internet John Wayne" crap isn't any less offensive or abusive than the kids that posted a silly dance tape on the internet. At least the kid recorded it himself.