tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post6345167989081465544..comments2024-03-28T16:31:54.494-04:00Comments on Borepatch: All ur browsers r belong 2 usBorepatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-9402364103647415762010-03-30T16:43:21.758-04:002010-03-30T16:43:21.758-04:00If I were to install Ubuntu, is there a Windows em...If I were to install Ubuntu, is there a Windows emulator that I can install to run Windows programs? There is a lot of stuff out there that won't run on Linux or Apple computers. <br /><br />Which of course hackers know.TOTWTYTRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17221321904364051792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-27725686372529198822010-03-30T15:26:08.531-04:002010-03-30T15:26:08.531-04:00How difficult is it to install Ubuntu on a three y...How difficult is it to install Ubuntu on a three year old Dell Desktop?Jay Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06675222068101817220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-61118903640522062242010-03-30T13:23:59.365-04:002010-03-30T13:23:59.365-04:00#3 makes (almost) all of this moot - one of the re...#3 makes (almost) all of this moot - one of the reasons we use computers is to be able to use one chunk of hardware to do an infinite amount of tasks; and because of network effect, there's an extremely good reason to use what everyone else is using.<br /><br />For web browsers; as long as they are all standards-adhering AND the web sites are all standards-adhering, there isn't a network effect. Use what you like. But fragmentation of market share means fragmentation of profits. As it is (and despite what the EU would like to conjure up) there's always going to be a "default" browser in your OS, which means the alternative browsers (whatever they are) must compete with "free". It can be done, but it's hard. Kudos to Opera and Firefox for doing it.<br /><br />But for OS - the more you fragment the market, the less software vendors are going to target each individual fragment. You can see this happening to Windows Mobile - I'm a longtime WinMo user, and even before MS drive a stake through the heart of WinMo; the new apps just weren't coming out for it; eveyone is on iPhone, and now on Android. So of course I'm secure from rogue apps and targeted exploits; but I'm also secure from being able to use my phone. Google has an amazingly feature-rich interface for email and reader. But the email interface is only available to webkit-based browsers (and until recently the reader interface was as well - they only comparatively recently made it work in Opera Mobile).<br /><br />I don't have an answer; other than figure out some way to economically insure against cybercrime the way we insure against regular crime. The world has have millenia to come to terms with "locks only stop honest men". We're going to have to come up with that answer for internet-based crime.<br /><br />If we can...Ian Argenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03704336044732061128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-7618495445558219772010-03-29T20:44:29.655-04:002010-03-29T20:44:29.655-04:00We just got a new PG&E "Smart Meter"...<i>We just got a new PG&E "Smart Meter" - so now they can shut-down our power if we go over during a Spare The Air day</i><br /><br />Err, or <i>someone else</i> can shut down your power.<br /><br /><i>I bet they use Internet Exploder at PG&E to scan the Grid because they also probably use Oracle... </i><br /><br />Or you (or someone else) could use Their Powers to do this. Of course, <i>you'd</i> never do this ...Borepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-15250898732937121922010-03-29T20:27:06.520-04:002010-03-29T20:27:06.520-04:00I only run Adblock and Flashblock in Firefox.
We j...I only run Adblock and Flashblock in Firefox.<br />We just got a new PG&E "Smart Meter" - so now they can shut-down our power if we go over during a Spare The Air day or somebody else can do that to the whole Grid. <br />I bet they use Internet Exploder at PG&E to scan the Grid because they also probably use Oracle...NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358707844087117280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-81128393183154814532010-03-29T13:11:46.748-04:002010-03-29T13:11:46.748-04:00Bluesun, quite frankly I don't run any. I ran...Bluesun, quite frankly I don't run any. I ran Noscript for a while, but it breaks stuff.<br /><br />I agree that more add-ons means more code, which means more targets. And it would be a good name for a band.Borepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-72975675808729659232010-03-29T13:04:56.749-04:002010-03-29T13:04:56.749-04:00And just have to say: "Holes for Hackers&quo...And just have to say: "Holes for Hackers" sounds like a good name for a rock band.bluesunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11995973825892791271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-25379486396992061502010-03-29T13:03:33.701-04:002010-03-29T13:03:33.701-04:00I was wondering, with firefox, since it has so man...I was wondering, with firefox, since it has so many add ons--do those help or hinder? Especially the security ones? Or does bloating it up make more holes for hackers?<br /><br />Thanks...bluesunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11995973825892791271noreply@blogger.com