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| Thread ID: 75384 | 2006-12-27 04:55:00 | Vista + Security = 0 | SurferJoe46 (51) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 509972 | 2006-12-27 19:19:00 | In my view vista is very secure having used Rc1 of vista, its only those who go looking for problems within the program that feel insecure. Yes ignorance is bliss isn't it. Hey, I've never locked my car and no-one has stolen it.......... |
pctek (84) | ||
| 509973 | 2006-12-27 19:52:00 | I appeal to your rugged individualism as a pioneer-type in a land of fair-manship and decency to see the crass-ness and snotty attitude of someone so monetarily endowed as Mr . Bill and see what he is really like/about . I don't know about that any more Joe; NZ is overwhelmingly an urbanised country now . Just like other westernised societies i . e . US, Canada, UK, Australia . |
jcr1 (893) | ||
| 509974 | 2006-12-27 20:53:00 | Vista is hardly more secure than XP! The UACs are an absolute joke and do more harm than good! Ive sat and watched people just click mindlessly away on them without even thinking what they are. Why do they do that? Because theres TOO MANY of the damn things coming up all the time! People dont wanna sit and read every single one each time you wanna open up XYZ and just look at the settings.... Yes, Linux has similar things, but they dont popup anywhere near as often. So you dont get in a routine and form bad habits by simply clicking on it as soon as it appears. Now: If the UACs came up less, and prompted you for your password each time to state that you acknowledge the potential damage your actions could have, then sure, that'd be a little better.. but only if they came up far less. Because Vista has started people forming bad habits, thats not a good thing in my eyes, it means that its not doing anything to assist in what is usually one of the weakest links: The end user! Sure, at home Ive installed a firewall, anti-virus, anti-spyware etc, but my family still gets infected somehow? Probably because half of them mindlessly click away on links without thinking where they could be going, clicking anything just to get rid of a popup on their screen so they can carry on with what they were doing... I like what PCTek said... and its true, just look at the number of viruses out there for WindowsXYZ and you'll see hitech that you are a very incredibly small minority. Enjoy it while it lasts! |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 509975 | 2006-12-27 23:32:00 | I don't know about that any more Joe; NZ is overwhelmingly an urbanised country now . Just like other westernised societies i . e . US, Canada, UK, Australia . Please don't destroy my ideas about NZ . . . I see green pastures for grazing herds of sheep and cattle, Tudor-style homes and cottages with dirt pathways and rural morals and attitudes . I see trellises and rose gardens and smell fireplaces and sweet water running in brooks and streams with trout and butterflies . The US was like that, once upon a time ago . I see all kinds here on F1 and I am amazed that there is so much diversity in style, education, age and sentiment . NZ must be approximating the era of the early 1950's in the US, but with all the new tech stuff to really make the transition from a small country to a world-affected-and-not-so-independent one any more . That has to be confusing and frustrating too . That's not a burn, but an observation . Seems to me that you are losing a really good set of circumstances and going to hell in a handbasket like the rest of the world . Sorry . :xmouth: |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 509976 | 2006-12-28 07:06:00 | We have no "brooks", and very few streams. Got a lot of creeks though. Christchurch in the winter used to be an easy place to smell fireplaces. Tudor-style homes are a tad sparse. Trout we can do pretty good on, you should be right at home with them as their great g.. grandparents were neighbours of yours. The dogs and cats here watch too much TV, so you would recognise their accents right away. Pastures and meadows are novelties, we have paddocks. Green however, we are amply supplied with. Year round. Almost everywhere. We may be "going to hell in a handbasket", but whoo hoo - what a ride ! Our great tragedy is much like yours, for today's kids, right now is going to be the good old days. ;) |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 509977 | 2006-12-28 07:17:00 | I was talking years ago with my (now deceased) first wife and we joked about all the olde songs our parents had to remember... Guy Lombardo and The Royal Canadians, and Red Nickels and His 5 Pennies..etc... ....so we got to thinking that we'd always have the Beatles to remember as our favorite group. Can ya dig it? "Why Don't We Do It In The Road" would be our "Rockin' To The Oldies" someday? :D |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 509978 | 2006-12-28 07:29:00 | In my view vista is very secure having used Rc1 of vista, its only those who go looking for problems within the program that feel insecure . I have used ms operating systems for ten years now and not once have i ever had any real major problems with security of ID theft and soforth . Sure you get viruses and spyware now and then but it has been nothing so major that i havent been able to get my pc operating again . Err, getting any virus/spyware on your system is a major security issue . |
byte (11156) | ||
| 509979 | 2006-12-28 07:32:00 | Not too sure about the Beatles Joe, let's wait a while and see if they catch on. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 509980 | 2006-12-28 07:53:00 | Bill Gates gives away more money than he would have had to pay in tax. You've never heard of tax rebates? i.e. To an extent, Bill gets to choose where his tax dollar is spent and gets lauded for it. |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 509981 | 2006-12-28 08:01:00 | Pssst! Joe, we've stuffed most of the people and industry in Auckland, they live like rats but hey, it enables the rest of us can enjoy the country. | Murray P (44) | ||
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