Zero-Day Exploit For Apple's QuickTime Posted

[finalgt]

Microsoft's operating sytems are proven to be more stable. But it's hilarious how the apple fans go "Our stuff is more secure than yours" only to find that they have zero-day exploits in more numbers than VIsta users.

I mean, it would be interesting to see a link that you could give that proves that all of Microsoft's operating systems are more stable than *NIX variants. Go ahead.

 

[L33t Masta]

I mean, it would be interesting to see a link that you could give that proves that all of Microsoft's operating systems are more stable than *NIX variants. Go ahead.

there are no official links, but I never have Vista crash on me, it stays up for 3+ weeks at a time (and don't tell me that the fact a linux machine can stay on for 9 billion days on end without having to restart makes any kind of difference). It plays games, it's compatible with 99% of the software made, infact 99% of software is MADE for Windows. It has extensivee features, a no-nonsense GUI where you don't have to type in a 16 line peice of code to install drivers, it detects your hardware and installs basic drivers upon installation and lets you get basic connectivity without the nonsense of the Linux kernal compile. Not to mention all the latest hardware is automaticlly supported OUT OF THE BOX like DirectX10 cards and PPUs. Try using those in Linux.

 

[Nemesis999]

Oh yeah, also it's not legal, just more illegal for a body to prosecute you for using it. Decriminalized is more accurate.

Music is legal.

Canadian citizens have the legal right to make a copy of any musical recording for personal use. That means you can copy ANY music from ANY source, 100% legally, as long as it is for your use.

Also, it was ruled that failure to disable any upload portion of a p2p program being used to download does not constitute distribution.

This does NOT in any way/shape/form apply to anything OTHER then music.

 

[L33t Masta]

Sure it does. It applys to movies, games and porno. Some people pay CD taxes for a reason

 

[Nemesis999]

Sure it does. It applys to movies, games and porno. Some people pay CD taxes for a reason

100% wrong. The levy on CDs is paid exclusively to the music industry.

The Copyright Act identifies the general types of copyright holder on whose behalf private copying royalties are collected and are eligible for payment. Songwriters, music publishers, recording artists and record companies – those with rights in the music copied – are all eligible. While songwriters and music publishers are eligible regardless of nationality, only Canadian recording artists and record companies may receive payments under current law.

Downloading of any other materials is clear copyright infringement.

 

[finalgt]

there are no official links, but I never have Vista crash on me, it stays up for 3+ weeks at a time (and don't tell me that the fact a linux machine can stay on for 9 billion days on end without having to restart makes any kind of difference). It plays games, it's compatible with 99% of the software made, infact 99% of software is MADE for Windows. It has extensivee features, a no-nonsense GUI where you don't have to type in a 16 line peice of code to install drivers, it detects your hardware and installs basic drivers upon installation and lets you get basic connectivity without the nonsense of the Linux kernal compile. Not to mention all the latest hardware is automaticlly supported OUT OF THE BOX like DirectX10 cards and PPUs. Try using those in Linux.

If you wanted me to listen to you, you would have used absolutely anything other than Vista as an example. I like how the same arguments you use for Vista's superiority are the same arguments you dismiss for *nix. I'm not going to argue this because it's a pointless argument, but please, don't talk as though your opinion is the crux of any decision.

 

[The Red]

VLC is the only good program mentioned. Opera is better than firefox because it gets everything before firefox and usually does it better. Also Opera doesn't take 400MB of my RAM when I have 17 tabs open and firefox did. Office 2007 was done right for a change and is far better than OpenOffice especially with OOXML gaining more popularity. Windows Mail is better than Thunderbird (hell, when someone calls in with thunderbird I won't even wander into the settings to help them fix it), PeerGuardian is trash because torrents are useless and Unix and Linux have no real world application other than server usage. Hence why 90% of the world uses Windows/Mac and 85% is Windows.

Opensource is for cheapskates and poor people trying to cover up their disparity by showing off all these applications made for their slow systems. Hence everyone with a decent PC won't even go near Linux because it's a useless pile of trash that should only be installed onto a server.

OpenSource for poor people and cheapskates? ... way to shine with ignorance and generalization. I wonder how many advanced users on these boards have ignored the rest of your arguments just for that sentence alone.

I have some major disagreement with you here... Content filtering add-ons to FireFox are far more advanced than Opera which takes a rather "shotgun" approach to it (IMHO). To the second half of that argument, the newest FF3 beta uses far far less ram. Håkon Wium the CEO of Opera openly states that he's working to create a better browser for Linux and its major source of revenue is from light-footprint browsers for cell phones and mobile devices, not Desktops. FireFox puts the functionality, security, and flexibility of Internet Explorer to shame, and manages to stay more lean with requirements and load times.

Please show me a reason for someone to actually buy MSOffice over downloading OpenOffice for free? Everyday people would only notice the fact that it works with every MS format, has tons of plugins, loads faster, goes through community-wide quality checking, is more secure, has a smaller foot-print and installation, and has a far more intuitive GUI.

Windows Mail? that integrated resource-sucking, script-kiddy baiting, plugin-in-less fugly piece of software trash? You might as well try to make an argument that Outlook is somehow better than Thunderbird. I find Thunderbird to be much lighter, fully modular, having adaptive smart-filters, and the fact that it routs its security through any anti-virus you have running and adapts to your settings automaticaly is just icing.

As you say, your refusal to even consider helping someone who is using Thunderbird only showcases your personal bias and ignorance.

For advanced users PeerGuardian is a very effective tool for more than just filtering connections to your computer by anti-p2p groups. I use it to filter my entire wireless network, log and track IPs of offenders, and its user-maintained database of anti-p2p group addresses is second to NONE. I find it provides better security and logging features than my network firewall software and aids me much better in finding attacks and harassers.

I found your arguments ignorant and laughable.

 

[L33t Masta]

OpenSource for poor people and cheapskates? ... way to shine with ignorance and generalization. I wonder how many advanced users on these boards have ignored the rest of your arguments just for that sentence alone.

I have some major disagreement with you here... Content filtering add-ons to FireFox are far more advanced than Opera which takes a rather "shotgun" approach to it (IMHO). To the second half of that argument, the newest FF3 beta uses far far less ram. Håkon Wium the CEO of Opera openly states that he's working to create a better browser for Linux and its major source of revenue is from light-footprint browsers for cell phones and mobile devices, not Desktops. FireFox puts the functionality, security, and flexibility of Internet Explorer to shame, and manages to stay more lean with requirements and load times.

Please show me a reason for someone to actually buy MSOffice over downloading OpenOffice for free? Everyday people would only notice the fact that it works with every MS format, has tons of plugins, loads faster, goes through community-wide quality checking, is more secure, has a smaller foot-print and installation, and has a far more intuitive GUI.

Windows Mail? that integrated resource-sucking, script-kiddy baiting, plugin-in-less fugly piece of software trash? You might as well try to make an argument that Outlook is somehow better than Thunderbird. I find Thunderbird to be much lighter, fully modular, having adaptive smart-filters, and the fact that it routs its security through any anti-virus you have running and adapts to your settings automaticaly is just icing.

As you say, your refusal to even consider helping someone who is using Thunderbird only showcases your personal bias and ignorance.

For advanced users PeerGuardian is a very effective tool for more than just filtering connections to your computer by anti-p2p groups. I use it to filter my entire wireless network, log and track IPs of offenders, and its user-maintained database of anti-p2p group addresses is second to NONE. I find it provides better security and logging features than my network firewall software and aids me much better in finding attacks and harassers.

I found your arguments ignorant and laughable.

I use Opera on my cellphone too. They make a great mobile browser if a tad bit heavy on data side (but with a good internet plan that's nothing to worry about). And know many businesses that are using Office 2007 instead of OpenOffice. I for one purchased Office 2007 instead of using OpenOffice to support the one company that has an actual grasp in the PC world and to be ready when OOXML becomes standard. And please, Thunderbird is nothing more than a stand-alone version of the mail clients you get in Opera and Windows mail. Spam plugins. Whoopy. Windows One touch prevents spam and malicious software from being installed on your computer and it also allows you a free service from Microsoft that is updated VERY regularly if you look at the vista update log. So there goes Thunderbird out the window because there's really nothing that it can do WITH plugins that Windows Mail hasn't been able to do since it came out a year ago with a far better and officially supported client that is easy to setup and even easier to use. My Grandmother set up her email on Windows mail without having to call their tech support, it was that easy to do. It's too bad the same can't be said about the mess called Thunderbird. And not only is it corporate policy to not support it, I alway set them up with Outlook Express or Windows mail instead with the proper education to use it far more effectively than Thunderbird.

And who needs a firewall these days? That's what a router is for.

I found your explanations to be those of a typical open source fan boy who is uneducated on the real reason people use FREE software. BECAUSE IT'S FREE. There are far better alternatives as I have pointed out.

 

[finalgt]

Please stop. This no longer has anything to do with the topic and this very clearly has nowhere to go but downhill.