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On Thu, Jul 06, 2006 at 04:26:32PM +0200, A. Pagaltzis wrote: > * David Cantrell <david@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xx> [2006-07-06 12:25]: > > Translated into English ... > > " We at Microsoft are too fucking stupid to prevent > > applications from fucking with our OS. We recommend > > switching to OS X. Or Linux. Or OS/400. Anything but > > Windows. " > Are you telling me that OS X or Linux or OS/400 stop any and all > apps from fucking with the OS? As you well know, operating systems and hardware have the concept of privelege seperation. Certain instructions are not available to user programs, and certain operating system interfaces likewise without first becoming a priveleged user. Trouble is, in Windows you pretty much have to be a priveleged user. > If so, can you explain to me how > their developers solved the halting problem? They used Acme::HaltingProblem, which is written in the magic language "StrawMan". > (Yes, I know that they do make it harder to screw things up. > Nevertheless, root exploits exist everywhere. The sort of > *guarantee* that you're saying Microsoft are "too stupid" to give > is impossible to give.) It's good that I didn't say it then. > And of course, this is about drivers, not apps. That was not clear in the message I was replying to. -- David Cantrell | Benevolent Dictator Of The World Did you know that shotguns taste like candy canes? Put the barrel in your mouth and pull the trigger for an extra blast of minty goodness!There's stuff above here
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