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| 181080 | 2003-10-07 23:27:00 | This is not a Mac. Linux or even a Windows issue, it make no difference how many users are using which operating system. This is a problem caused by OpenSSL and incidently has been fixed in Macs and Linux but no mention of Windows. | Jim B (153) | ||
| 181081 | 2003-10-08 01:33:00 | I see no mention of Redhat 8.0, 9.0, or Slackware 9.0 and 9.1? Personally, I dont like MDK, but I know a lot of others do! Im not going to be immune forever.... but so far so good ;-) |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 181082 | 2003-10-08 03:18:00 | For the love of... We don't need to hear your useless reports about Apple users (or at least I don't), because I have a friend who has already told me this crap. OK, let's go for being better educated... my friend is below the intellectual level of myself. He doesn't do his homework. He thinks he will work as a lawyer for Apple. He thinks he can get into university from sixth form (tough luck trying). Makes more money than me? Yes, because he works for an Apple distributor in NZ. I don't work. Why? Because I would rather concentrate on my studies. No doubt one of the reasons why he never does is homework is because he works after school to very late hours of the night. Which goes to show he has his priorities mucked up big time. More web savvy, huh? More than half have been online for at least five years, eh? I bet there are more users of other operating systems who have been online for at least five years as Mac users - maybe not as a percentage, but as a number. Why? Because there are more users... hence the high percentage for the Macintosh users. Again, the percentage about building web pages is misleading, because there are far fewer Mac users than Windows, various Linux distros, OS/2, etc. Myself? I've built a fair few web sites. How about buying goods online? I see this as absolutely stupid. Aside from the perceivable benefits and ease of buying online, it is a security risk, even with an encrypted connection. What's more, IMHO, buying online is downright stupid, and another factor contributing to our ever increasingly lazy population. I don't notice any perception that a Mac is a status symbol, either. Please, don't tell me that movies, television shows, and famous people use Macs (and by the former two parts of that, I mean how you always see iMacs in television programs and movies - although they aren't being used in most shows, they just sit pretty in the background), because frankly, I couldn't care less who uses a Mac. Apple tries to flaunt all these well known people on their website as part of the Switch campaign. Who honestly cares? My friend certainly isn't more affluent or educated than me. And once again, the higher percentage of Mac users online who have a university degree (because here in New Zealand, you don't get a degree from your college, and a tertiary education institute is not known as a college) can be attributed to the fact that there are far fewer Mac users than other operating systems. Perhaps also contributing to this is the fact that a large portion of all internet surfers will not be old enough to have a degree yet - what I'm saying here is that there are more teenagers and children using other operating systems than there are using Apple operating systems. Now, I have a question for you. Did you know full well the reason for Mac users having those higher percentages (ie, you're trying to dupe us), or did you not realise (ie, Mac users are not more educated and affluent than users of other operating systems). |
agent (30) | ||
| 181083 | 2003-10-08 03:31:00 | There are newsgroups which exist for the purpose of keeping those who wish to say that one sort of computer/car/software/religion/political system/etc is better than another out of the way of those who aren't interested. :D There are even a few groups for those who like flaming each other. So Microsoft have released yet another patch to fix yet another security problem. It won't be the last. ;-) |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 181084 | 2003-10-08 03:35:00 | Calm down agent, don't take things so seriously. That post was a light hearted reply to a flippant post by the highlander and most people could see that. That survey was genuine though but of course was of American origin and does not necessarily reflect the NZ situation. Go and do some more updates that will relax you. |
Jim B (153) | ||
| 181085 | 2003-10-08 03:44:00 | Thank you very much, but I'm all up to date on updates. I have my virus scanner set to automatically download the latest definitions; firewall checks for updates (including beta); I run Windows Update and Microsoft Baseline Security Analyser regularly; and of course I subscribe to Microsoft Security Bulletins (which means that these threads about 'new critical updates' are boring to me, because I've already updated and know about the flaw, etc). In other words, essentially what you are saying is true (that Windows users are update fanatics), but there is also the concept that Windows receives the majority share of flaws discovered because there are hackers and crackers who 'dislike' Microsoft, so try to do anything they can do interrupt people's usage of Microsoft software (although Microsoft also has many trusty security analysis companies who regularly discover the vast majority of flaws). If people spent as much effort finding flaws in Linux distros and Mac, while they probably wouldn't find as many flaws as there are in Microsoft products, they'd find a fair few. |
agent (30) | ||
| 181086 | 2003-10-08 04:02:00 | Oh, and what I forgot to say, was that, no, Windows NT/2000/XP users do not necessarily need large hard drives. While updates can be large in size, generally the updates are a patch, or fix, not an add-on, so do not consume much more space at all - they may even end up using less space than before. |
agent (30) | ||
| 181087 | 2003-10-08 05:57:00 | >> Why not just install Linux on both Mac's and your IBM >> Compatabile PC's and be happy all round >It has started already. >www.divisiontwo.com ROTFLMAO - Thanks for that link Jim, it has made my day :D It sounded too good to be true, had me wishing that I had Linux BarbieOS 0.99 installed instead of Red Hat 9 :p excerpt: ... in the step by step Barbie Wizards that guide girls through the process of partitioning their disks, formatting volumes, mounting Samba shares, and installing packages. During the installation, girls are allowed to play a fashion-plate game or view a slideshow of rainbows, kittens, and Mattel products. There is an Expert mode for girls who are already comfortable with the Linux installation process and want access to advanced features. An animated Barbie informs the user that she can work with existing Windows partitions, but would prefer that BarbieOS be allowed to format the entire disk and remove Windows volumes for maximum cootie protection. Odin: - thanks for the tip on the new update available :) Jen |
Jen C (20) | ||
| 181088 | 2003-10-08 07:03:00 | Agent iti was a fricken joke, go out and get a sence of humour for christs sake. Getting an education doesn't guerantee a high paying job either. Those that are in the workplace at the right time tend to benefit more. Experiennce counts for a lot. and always will. Happy patching-not need to on this ol OS/2 box. | mark.p (383) | ||
| 181089 | 2003-10-08 07:37:00 | Oh and I forgot dyslixia rulz ko. | mark.p (383) | ||
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