HLN got it right
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| bigg Mar 31, 2009 3:21 PM EDT |
I was watching Headline News earlier, and it was specifically identified as a threat to "PC's running Windows". To get more information, you are supposed to go to their website and search for "Microsoft virus". Thankfully she didn't conclude by saying that if Mac and Linux were as popular as Windows, they'd be targeted too. |
| ColonelPanik Mar 31, 2009 4:34 PM EDT |
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/30/conficker_signature_... |
| tracyanne Mar 31, 2009 4:48 PM EDT |
Colour me cynical, but I don't see a sudden rush to Linux. It's good that the news people are finally stating that it's Microsoft Windows though. |
| bigg Mar 31, 2009 4:52 PM EDT |
I'm assuming that someone in their newsroom is a Mac user. |
| caitlyn Mar 31, 2009 4:53 PM EDT |
I agree with tracyanne. There will be no rush away from Windows. People have accepted malware as a fact of computing life simply because they don't know it doesn't have to be so. I also agree it's nice to see accurate reporting for a change. |
| softwarejanitor Mar 31, 2009 5:13 PM EDT |
I also agree with tracyanne... The unwashed masses of Windows users would mostly rather spend $$$ on anti-virus software and lose time and productivity dealing with what still manages to slip by than do anything as scary as look into alternatives that for the most part don't have the problems in the first place. And yes, a lot of them don't know there are alternatives, except maybe Macs which are expensive. |
| vainrveenr Mar 31, 2009 5:17 PM EDT |
Quoting:I don't see a sudden rush to Linux. It's good that the news people are finally stating that it's Microsoft Windows though.... and as opposed to the news people themselves, the big head-honchos in Redmond OTOH probably wish to not even mention Linux in all of this! AAMOF, this "Microsoft virus" story ties in somewhat with another current story; 'Open vs Closed Source - Investing in People or a Vendor' linked to at LXer via http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/118155 Definitely a great read in lieu of conficker and its offspring, although, again, the MS head-honchos will likely ensure that news people --- and low-to-mid level technical support-staff of course --- are unlikely to completely replace their Windows and MS-advocacy anytime soon with overriding advocacy for Linux and Open Source solutions. |
| hkwint Mar 31, 2009 5:30 PM EDT |
Quoting:Colour me cynical, but I don't see a sudden rush to Linux. Couldn't agree more. If (most) people have lots of problems with Windows they'd simply stop using PC's altogether. |
| numbers Mar 31, 2009 6:42 PM EDT |
Quoting: Although it's probably more like: If (most) people have lots of problems with Windows they'd simply WAIT to BUY the next MS Windows...which is always more [insert descriptor here] than the previous version of MS Windows. |
| ColonelPanik Mar 31, 2009 11:16 PM EDT |
There will be a rush to Linux. I hope. |
| gus3 Apr 01, 2009 12:17 AM EDT |
Rush uses a Macintosh. Mods, please delete this comment as an obvious TOS violation. I just couldn't resist. |
| hkwint Apr 01, 2009 5:41 AM EDT |
Quoting:Mods, please delete this comment Ain't gonna happen, your comment is not off topic and worse: It makes sense. |
| tuxtom Apr 01, 2009 10:58 AM EDT |
I love Rush!!! Permanent Waves is my favorite album. |
| Bob_Robertson Apr 01, 2009 11:13 AM EDT |
Up on your way hit the open road
There's magic at your fingers
Where the Spirit ever lingers
Undemanding contact in your happy solitude
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Watching Neil Pert drum is like watching the Linux kernel: minimum overhead to maximum utilization of hardware.
======== > If (most) people have lots of problems with Windows they'd simply WAIT to BUY the next MS Windows...which is always more [insert {MS marketing buzzword} descriptor here] than the previous version of MS Windows. Which is their entire sales point. Whatever problem your system has now, it will be solved by moving to the next version of Windows. And for a while, they're right. Then THIS system gets bogged down with virii, adware and other junk, and then answer is .... upgrade to the next version of Windows! |
| tuxtom Apr 02, 2009 7:01 AM EDT |
Our great computers fill the hallowed halls. |
| jdixon Apr 02, 2009 11:38 AM EDT |
> Our great computers fill the hallowed halls. Well, that's from 2112, not Permanent Waves. However, at a quick guess, that's probably Bob's favorite Rush album, so it's apropos. |
| Scott_Ruecker Apr 02, 2009 1:05 PM EDT |
If I could play as well as Neal Peart's left foot, just his left foot and his weak one at that, I would be a happy man.. |
| Bob_Robertson Apr 02, 2009 1:40 PM EDT |
His weak left foot, as opposed to his strong left foot? But seriously, my "hero" is Ian Anderson, just to be able to pick up nearly any instrument and make music with it... However, I did have one woman in awe when she asked me to help her tune her harp, and I started doing chords on it having never touched a harp before. |
| caitlyn Apr 02, 2009 3:27 PM EDT |
@Bob_Robertson: I was a huge fan of Ian Anderson and Jethro Tull for decades. Then I went to an event called "rubbing elbows with Ian Anderson". It was really his concert tour supporting the Rupi's Dance album. The music was excellent but we were subjected to his personal and political views as well. Anderson is a misogynist. The word "sexism" doesn't begin to describe it. He is homophobic. He holds some other views that I won't detail here (TOS and all that) which turned my stomach. Suddenly I had a hard time listening to music I had loved for 30 years or more. |
| Bob_Robertson Apr 02, 2009 3:31 PM EDT |
Fascinating. Thank you. |
| ColonelPanik Apr 02, 2009 3:42 PM EDT |
m$ malware makes computers run like Scott going up hill
into the wind. This is GOOD, not the Scott part but the
part where some poor soul gives up and goes out to buy
another computer with newer m$ malware. Its good 'cause I get the "old" box and re-purpose it to run the latest Linux Distro of my choice! Scott: We have a twelve step program for you. Twelve steps from the office chair to the recliner! |
| TxtEdMacs Apr 02, 2009 4:51 PM EDT |
CP,
Quoting:... makes computers run like Scott going up hill nto the wind.You can fun of Scott, implying he is out of shape, however, carrying a much lighter frame I would die running that hill in the Phoenix heat. That is, I would never make up that hill. But you watch out when he rolls down the other side, because neither man nor beast could stand in the way of that tide. YBT |
| bigg Apr 02, 2009 4:57 PM EDT |
Hills are indeed difficult in the Phoenix heat. I've walked up that big hill by the ASU campus in the spring before it even got hot by their standards. It was the last time I thought, "What's the big deal about walking up a hill?" |
| tuxtom Apr 03, 2009 6:18 AM EDT |
Quoting:Well, that's from 2112, not Permanent Waves.JD, of course I know that. It is from Temples of Syrinx. My first introduction to it was from All the World's a Stage, well before Permanent Waves was recorded. It just seemed relevant for some reason...especially as I am sitting in this huge data center center all by myself with thousands of Linux servers echoing their hum. Check out this relic I've kept since the 70's: http://tuxtom.com/photos/rush_buckle.jpg |
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