[Novalug] Firefox FUD

[Dan Arico]

On Sunday 02 December 2007 09:35, Barnett Hsu wrote:
> DonJr wrote:
> > > Then by that logic I'd be more SECURE if I DO NOT upgrade any of my
> > > systems still running XP to Vista. Since Vista is so new it just has to
> > > be buggy and/or insecure.
>
> But since Vista has Internet Explorer 7 built-in and it's the first
> version of the OS after Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing Initiative,
> doesn't that make it the most secure OS on the planet?   ;-)   ;-)   ;-)
>   ;-)
>
> Plus it has Windows Genuine Advantage built-in too.  So changing a video
> driver can be enough to deactivate the operating system and force you to
> re-activate.

Sometimes this works to our advantage. After M$ pulled the plug on 
PlaysForSure, making any mp3 player using it inoperable with Windoze, a bunch 
of them started showing up on surplus sites dirt cheap. I picked one up for 
1/10 of the original price and tried it out. I plugged it into a USB port on 
a Linux machine and the directories showed right up. I copied some files over 
and they played perfectly.

Incidentally, it was a Sansa C140.

Dan Arico

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