Comments on: OK, thats enough with the freakin’ updates http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/09/ok-thats-enough-with-the-freakin-updates/ Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:45:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: GoldenAppleCorp http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/09/ok-thats-enough-with-the-freakin-updates/#comment-1460 GoldenAppleCorp Wed, 09 Aug 2006 17:40:01 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/09/ok-thats-enough-with-the-freakin-updates/#comment-1460 Yeah, I was on the comp a little while ago and all of a sudden there's an update. It doesn't ask me if I wanna, it just does it. Only takes a second, but damnit, I want to be in charge of my own computer. Yeah, I was on the comp a little while ago and all of a sudden there’s an update. It doesn’t ask me if I wanna, it just does it. Only takes a second, but damnit, I want to be in charge of my own computer.

]]> By: Atomictumor http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/09/ok-thats-enough-with-the-freakin-updates/#comment-1462 Atomictumor Wed, 09 Aug 2006 17:59:01 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/09/ok-thats-enough-with-the-freakin-updates/#comment-1462 well, I've turned it off. But the problem is, it turns itself back on eventually, which is really pretty much just malware in my eyes. Sucks. And I like Firefox. well, I’ve turned it off. But the problem is, it turns itself back on eventually, which is really pretty much just malware in my eyes. Sucks. And I like Firefox.

]]> By: Evan Erwin http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/09/ok-thats-enough-with-the-freakin-updates/#comment-1464 Evan Erwin Wed, 09 Aug 2006 19:06:05 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/09/ok-thats-enough-with-the-freakin-updates/#comment-1464 "...perpetuating an endless cycle of updates for something that probably wouldn’t have been a problem left unpublicized to begin with." Security through obscurity does not work. It's funny, because I think the opposite is true: Microsoft sucks because they WILL sit on an exploit for months, whereas Firefox developers will patch it immediately. The patches were distracting for a few days, but they've stopped and all is well now. “…perpetuating an endless cycle of updates for something that probably wouldn’t have been a problem left unpublicized to begin with.”

Security through obscurity does not work.

It’s funny, because I think the opposite is true: Microsoft sucks because they WILL sit on an exploit for months, whereas Firefox developers will patch it immediately.

The patches were distracting for a few days, but they’ve stopped and all is well now.

]]> By: AT http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/09/ok-thats-enough-with-the-freakin-updates/#comment-1466 AT Wed, 09 Aug 2006 19:21:38 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/09/ok-thats-enough-with-the-freakin-updates/#comment-1466 Yeah, theres no excuse for sitting on a known exploit, but a halfassed patch is damn near as bad, man. Yeah, theres no excuse for sitting on a known exploit, but a halfassed patch is damn near as bad, man.

]]> By: Fake Rake http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/09/ok-thats-enough-with-the-freakin-updates/#comment-1482 Fake Rake Wed, 09 Aug 2006 23:32:22 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/09/ok-thats-enough-with-the-freakin-updates/#comment-1482 I didn't look at the details, but I thought that these patches were all for different things, and it was just coincidental that they were coming so close together. Maybe I should actually read what changed before going around typing that, though... I didn’t look at the details, but I thought that these patches were all for different things, and it was just coincidental that they were coming so close together. Maybe I should actually read what changed before going around typing that, though…

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