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Vista more secure than Macs?!?

paul.e.dearment.jr — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 14:13:35 +0000

In case your head has been stuck in the sand recently, you probably have heard of the news of an exploit found inside of Quicktime for both Windows and Mac. The author of the exploit(who found and executed it during a contest) originally released details that the exploit was for the Safari browser in Mac, but in an interview acknowledged that he was aware of the true nature of the exploit and kept that information secret(for whatever reason) until another independent company publicly released the information.

That is interesting, but it gets more interesting after that. In an interview with Gregg Keitzer, Din Dai Zovi(the author of the exploit) makes a very interesting statement. Below is one of the questions and Din’s response to the question.

From your research on both platforms, is there a winner between Mac OS X 10.4 and Vista on security?
I have found the code quality, at least in terms of security, to be much better overall in Vista than Mac OS X 10.4. It is obvious from observing affected components in security patches that Microsoft’s Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) has resulted in fewer vulnerabilities in newly-written code. I hope that more software vendors follow their lead in developing proactive software security development methodologies.

Wait! Doesn’t this go against every traditional thought out there. Isn’t it supposed to be the fact that Macs are the most secure thing in the world and they are impervious to attacks? I guess some people just don’t think that anymore. Im actually glad that the smug Mac people have gotten a little taste of reality. It won’t be long before their fantasy world comes crashing down. Thank you Din Dai Zovi.
If you wish to read the article, click here

Today in stumbeling….

paul.e.dearment.jr — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 01:29:41 +0000

Interesting title eh?
Well today while using the wonderful toolbar add-on of stumbleupon, I discovered some great sites that just stuck out of my mind.

I know almost everyone here has been to google’s website. I came across an interesting blog post(13 Amazing Google Facts You DONT Know—note that the image on the site is on the “mature” side–just a warning before you go there). One of the amazing things that I found on the site was the number of errors that the Google homepage has. That’s right, their home page! It actually has 64 validation errors! Thats just a little crazy, don’t you think? I think so! I really do!

So what other site did I find? Well. Have you ever wanted to try Linux without having to repartition your hard drive? Well there is this intriguing project that installs Ubuntu onto your computer without partitioning your computer. They say they modify the boot.ini file to allow the file to be booted as a seperate hard drive. I don’t know. But so far reviews seem to be good on it. This would be a great way for someone to try out and be introduced to Linux without having to repartition a hard drive themselves, or mess up their boot sector by doing something wrong or having the boot loader crash and error out on them. To check out this program, go to their website.

Have you seen those annoying Mac ads that say to think different that promote the Mactels? Well. Guess who decided to make their own parady of those commercials now? The unlikely contender here is Novell. Novell? Wait? Arn’t they having issues and all that? Their alligned with Microsoft, and they are taking shots at them? Nice thinking there Novell! Well to see their introduction of what Linux looks like, visit their online video promotion site.

Well I think that that is all for now. I still have a large paper to finish off and get printed(its so far 50 pages) and turned in by next week. This paper has taken so long, I can’t wait for it to be done. WHEW!

OK. NM previous statment. Just one more thought. Verizon sucks. They sued Skype because Verizon apparently has patented some VOIP technology. I can see where this is headed. A world of Verizon VOIP. So. Verizon = SCO Group Inc? Great. Thats not a great future for us. Either that, or all VOIP will be Verizon based—which is worse? I don’t know. Now I am gonna have nightmares!

PS3 + Crazy jobless people = good?

paul.e.dearment.jr — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 12:46:03 +0000

I never thought people could be so crazy, as to start forming lines now for a PS3! The story can be found here: Article

This is my question. Why? I understand the cell processor, the BLUE-RAY DVD system,but why spend 600 dollars on a gaming console. I thought when the original X-BOX came out that it was ridiculously expensive, but after seeing the X-BOX360 and the Playstation 3, I find it hard to justify getting one of those new systems. And all this money is for….a more eye candy experience while playing games?

Mostly.

I understand that with the inclusion of the cell processor it is now possible to make games more responsive than before, but does it really add that much? I guess I will have to wait and see, considering how few demos of it I have seen so far.

Anyways, the jury is still out on this one. But I think that anyone with enough time on their hands to sit around for 9 days outside a store should be checked to make sure they have a job. I think some of them may be on the missing person’s report at work for about nine days—you know how fanboys are at times—forgetting everything else for the sake of the game.::sigh::

Cuth.net….

paul.e.dearment.jr — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 01:10:57 +0000

So I was taking a look at a post on someone’s blog(here) when I saw that all girls were associated with his face. I thought that it was weird, and decided to try it out myself. Here are some of the results.

Why do I get the girls too?

And the famous JG

I think the best one there is Usher

Of course, Tomisito has some good ones too…

And then there is angel….

And ma deats

And Marky Tjapkey

And Johny B

Funny Pic

paul.e.dearment.jr — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 12:10:15 +0000

This is a funny picture that I couldn’t pass up. I found it floating around on the web, with the word already spelled incorrectly. I used despair’s despair generator to recreate the same exact experience with the correct spelling. Oh how I like diy.despair.com
Enjoy the pic below:

What people search for….

paul.e.dearment.jr — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 11:50:52 +0000

Its kinda funny to look what people search for when they get to my blog. Early on it was stuff such as “my orange peed on me”(this is a quote in my quote database—don’t give me that weird look!)

Now, its pretty much all the same. Some variation on how to hack the Verizon Motorola V3c and add ringtones to it for free. I keep getting more and more people looking for that information on daily basis. Looks like people only come to the blog to get that information. ::Sigh:: Kidding. I’m glad that people are getting it. Like I said in the post about the phone. If I don’t have to pay for it, I want it! The funniest thing is, one of the top ten items(search wise) that gets people to my blog is: “Becky Blackmon”

Scratch and Sniff

paul.e.dearment.jr — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 01:25:57 +0000

Scratch and sniff the picture below to discover what the secret scent is. Its a new technology that responds to finger motion and pressure on your screen. No special software to install. Its all handled via the web server. Try it out. It was cool when I found it!

A classic video…..

paul.e.dearment.jr — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 02:55:21 +0000

A classic funny video that everyone should see…..

The internet….

paul.e.dearment.jr — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 05:04:41 +0000

It looks like for whatever reason this image doesn’t do well with thumbnails. But click on it below to see what the internet is like……

Big red buttons!

pdearmen — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 23:29:26 +0000

So today while at work, someone told Ryan to hit the lovely big red button sitting on the wall in the hallway where he works. So what does Ryan do? He slaps the button, and instantly all the power in his hallway goes off. Instant headache for everyone in the hallway, considering there was only one outlet in the hallway which was not connected to the switch. Its not like it didn’t take some time to get the power restored. Oh well. Just goes to show that when you tell a guy to hit a button, he will hit it!