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Hacker Pwn2Own organizer: Windows 7 is safer than Snow Leopard
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| 17 Feb 2010
| Preston Gralla
Posted on 07/22/2010 7:19:01 AM PDT by for-q-clinton
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To: for-q-clinton
It’s pwn2own, not pawn2own.
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posted on
07/22/2010 9:43:57 AM PDT
by
Richard Kimball
(We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
To: Richard Kimball
Thank you for the geek speak correction.
Let me restate that...OS X has been the easiest and quickest hacked at the past 3 pwn2own contests.
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posted on
07/22/2010 9:53:06 AM PDT
by
for-q-clinton
(If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
To: Texan Tory
My understanding is that if you already have Vista and want to upgrade to Windows 7, it should be a ‘seemless’ transition. Windows 7 should automatically adopt all your folders and settings during setup. It’s only if you’re going from like XP to Windows 7 where you will have to manually reset all your settings and reload your software after install.
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posted on
07/22/2010 10:30:24 AM PDT
by
LoneStarGI
(Vegetarian: Old Indian word for "BAD HUNTER.")
To: Swordmaker
To: garyhope
If you’ve got money to burn, buy a mac. Or you can spend 1/3rd the amount and get yourself a nice pc.
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posted on
07/22/2010 2:03:31 PM PDT
by
BenKenobi
(We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once. -Silent Cal)
To: Texan Tory
I would recommend a clean install of W7, though I admit having very little experience with Vista. I second the comments of those who have been pleasantly surprised with W7.
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posted on
07/22/2010 2:51:21 PM PDT
by
Gondring
(Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
To: for-q-clinton; Richard Kimball
I was saying everyone knew OS X would be the first to fall as the exploits have been known for a while yet Apple wasnt able to identify and fix them. . . Plus it was even said that it would be the easiest to hack BEFORE the contest took place. Everyone DID NOT KNOW that OSX would be the first to fall... that was a claim by a few... and it was being claimed because Charlie Miller ALREADY had his hack prepared! He had it way before the contest and DID NOT REPORT IT. This is considered unethical in the computer security community. He found the vulnerability months before the contest and sat on it... waiting for the contest, knowing it was obscure and would win the contest for him... and bragged about it before the contest.
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posted on
07/22/2010 3:08:00 PM PDT
by
Swordmaker
(Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
To: conservatism_IS_compassion
Thank you for your ping to this thread... but it is OLD NEWS... posted by for-q-clinton to merely stir the pot. It was posted when it was NEW NEWS back in February. I am not sure it is worth of a Mac ping list post. What do you think?
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posted on
07/22/2010 3:10:41 PM PDT
by
Swordmaker
(Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
To: for-q-clinton
Please please please point me to a website that will hijack my win7 box. Since windows 7 has a larger market share than all OSX flavors combined it will be easier to find the windows7 site, so Ill let you go first. I didn't claim that I could. You are the reprobate that made the claim.
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posted on
07/22/2010 6:04:07 PM PDT
by
LeGrande
(Yes, I am an agent of Satan, but my duties are largely ceremonial.)
To: Swordmaker
Point - but for completeness, I thought you'd want the heads up so you could make that decision.
To: Swordmaker
BTW - have you considered assembling links to all the rebuttals of the FUD posts, and linking them to the famous monochrome image with the embedded caption, not this [stuff] again?
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