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Comment on Olympus is not dead, not even sleeping by luxborealis

luxborealis — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:01:50 +0000

Too true!
Those who are in the “popularity means quality” camp, can’t seem to understand companies like Olympus (and Apple for that matter) that don’t try to go after huge market share, but rather make products that are reliable, innovative and of excellent quality.
Here’s my take on it: http://luxborealis.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/why-olympus/
–Terry

Comment on About the APR’s Memory pools which seem to cause memory leaks by msorin

msorin — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:50:15 +0000

The issue is also described here:
http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3084

Comment on Google Wave – invitation received by msorin

msorin — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:14:07 +0000

I would gladly send you one … but I used them in the first 5 minutes after activating the account. Sorry…

Comment on Google Wave – invitation received by r180

r180 — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:08:24 +0000

Any chance you might send me one of your Wave invites? Thanks! John@detroitrevivalchurch.com

Comment on Avert Labs — Malware “Experience” – DON’T by msorin

msorin — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 09:11:28 +0000

The problem, as I already sad, is that these Admins might get a false trust in their “knowledge” about malware. This is very possible because if they pay 550$ to McAfee, then they have to leave the course with something. And if they do, they will (or might) think, that they know everything about the topic (even if the teacher tells them that there is still a lot to learn). Once they lower the guard, then they will make mistakes.
And this kind of mistakes might cost a lot …

I would simply don’t go into this area…

Comment on Avert Labs — Malware “Experience” – DON’T by Simon Hunt

Simon Hunt — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:10:08 +0000

It’s actually a lot cheaper to buy a Trojan toolkit than to attend Focus09 – maybe it’s not clear, but you can’t walk off the street and attend this session. It’s $550 per day just to get in the door.

I appreciate your concerns though, nothing we show during these sessions is cutting edge, and it’s designed to highlight how vulnerable people who don’t consider the security of their IT systems are. The session is also by appointment – which means we know who will be there, and the role they play. The possibility of a trusted system administrator from a reputable company also being a (currently uneducated) “script kiddie” remains though I guess.

Comment on Pardon for Enigma code-breaker Alan Turing by msorin

msorin — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:03:44 +0000

UPDATE: John has managed to gather more than 10000 signatures for his petition. As a result, the UK prime minister Mr. Gordon Brown has issues an official apology for the way Alan Turin was treated. More here : http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8249792.stm