Diary of a Madman

Friday, August 19, 2005

Support Needed

Hey, need help with college funds, if you use Google to search the web, use this link to search Google and help me pay for college.

It works just like if you were at http://www.google.com, but if you click ads then I am able to make a few pennies (sometimes).

posted by Darren Kopp at 12:16 PM

4 Comments:

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    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8/19/2005 03:06:00 PM  

  • How do I act like I work for them?

    By Blogger Darren Kopp, at 8/19/2005 03:52:00 PM  

  • Firefox is subject to all of the security vulnerabilities as internet explorer, especially with the massive security hole that is the Java Platform.

    Not true, since Firefox doesn't use ActiveX and IE does.

    Windows Vista is where you will see the largest gain in the security, stability, and performance as Vista at it's core is a .NET environment (similar runtimes, though not exactly the same as the web server runtimes).

    Uhh, those are predictions...and how does .NET lead to security, stability, and performance? A natively-compiled language trumps .NET's IL any day.

    With the advanced tracing features of .NET, patches for vulnerabilities will happen more quickly (and may be prevented through component configuration settings as mentioned earlier).

    How do we know this? That's a prediction with no substantiation. Microsoft has been known to have a shitty record when it comes to patching. They patch more vulnerabilities that have been exploited than ones that haven't.

    This step that Microsoft has taken allows a rich user experience while protecting the safety of your computer. The great security vulnerability for both browsers is known as the Java Runtime Enviroment. As you can see from the image in the original post, this is the FireFox browser and the Java Runtime Enviroment is running. The problems came through .class files (parts of a .jar file that is the packager for the program) that had embedded trojan viruses.

    Rich user experience? Come now, that's so subjective and sounds like marketing trash.

    Check out my blog entry. Those who say it’s[Firefox] more secure are hopers. Check out the image and you can see why.

    You posted that comment under the "Firefox sucks" article at zackvision.com.

    You are correct, FireFox is not vulnerable to malicious ActiveX controls. Then you write four paragraphs later: FireFox in my opinion is as vulnerable as Internet Explorer

    OK, way to contradict yourself. What's with all this double speak?

    It may not be subject to all of the same things, which was poor way to word things on my part, but it is/will/could be just as vulnerable to attack as Internet Explorer as it gains more popularity (if it continues to gain popularity).

    Predictions again. We don't know if Firefox will have more vulnerabilities as time progresses. Take the number of days IE has been around and divide that by the number of exploits it has had. Do the same for Firefox. You will find that the rate of exploits per day is significantly lower with Firefox. Why? Because Firefox is coded better? Well, we don't know since we can't see the IE's code. But we do know Firefox doesn't use ActiveX, which already significantly lowers its risk for exploitation.


    I have not taken a C++ class yet. The time that we used Visual Studio was just for the Intellisense while doing a Javascript project. We did not really use it to program at all. I will be learning C++ this semester and will see what program they use. I believe that they use Borland, but I am not sure.

    As well I don’t know if they teach C#. I have been developing ASP.NET applications in both VB.NET and C#.NET (VB.NET at first because I knew VB from ASP, C# after I learned C). I now do all of my development in C# for work and have learned C# from basically what I know aobut C and what I have read in articles by people.


    Well then, why don't you become more experienced with Computer Science before you start making bold comparisons about Firefox/.NET/and IE.

    If you read over all the quotes and comments I have typed, maybe you see you come off like a marketing drone from Microsoft, willing to bend the truth, use logical fallacies, and not respond to the core comments that have been made against .NET and Internet Explorer.

    That is why you sound like you work for Microsoft.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8/19/2005 05:44:00 PM  

  • Correction: Take the number of exploits IE has had and divide it by number of days it has been around. Do the same for Firefox.

    I apologize for the mistake.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8/19/2005 05:47:00 PM  

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