IWETHEY v. 0.3.0 | TODO
1,095 registered users | 1 active user | 0 LpH | Statistics
Login | Create New User
IWETHEY Banner

Welcome to IWETHEY!

IWETHEY Home / IWETHEY Board / Patent Wars and Antitrust Forum / Wrong
Post #69,461
by ben_tilly
12/17/02 7:05:11 PM
Reply
New Wrong
The permission that you give is blanket and across the board, even though it is presented as just relating to people who use Windows Update. And has been included in quite a few service packs for various products. Some critical patches (particularly for IE) are only available in service packs that include the noxious terms.

Cheers,
Ben
"Career politicians are inherently untrustworthy; if it spends its life buzzing around the outhouse, it\ufffds probably a fly."
- [link|http://www.nationalinterest.org/issues/58/Mead.html|Walter Mead]
Post #69,503
by inthane-chan
Picture of inthane-chan
12/17/02 9:37:00 PM
Reply
New Different sections.
Yes, I know the EULA sucks. Yes, I know that by the terms of the EULA, MS can basically walk into your computer and do lotsa nasty stuff.

I was referring to obtaining the patches themselves - he was complaining that he had to turn down his "security level" in order to retrieve the patches.

Don't worry, I haven't gone soft yet... :P
Gimli's Rules for Surviving in Middle Earth #43: When attempting to destroy an artifact, remember to use somebody else's axe.
     Microsoft and Security - (n3jja) - (51) - Dec. 17, 2002, 11:44:28 AM EST
         Re: Microsoft and Security - (Yendor) - (50) - Dec. 17, 2002, 12:16:49 PM EST
             Lean forward and get your bitchslap! ;-) -NT - (n3jja) - (3) - Dec. 17, 2002, 12:46:37 PM EST
                 It's not even that clear cut. - (inthane-chan) - (2) - Dec. 17, 2002, 12:50:20 PM EST
                     Wrong - (ben_tilly) - (1) - Dec. 17, 2002, 07:05:11 PM EST
                         Different sections. - (inthane-chan) - Dec. 17, 2002, 09:37:00 PM EST
             Re: Microsoft and Security - (andread) - (45) - Dec. 17, 2002, 01:44:32 PM EST
                 Theoretical Researchers . . - (Andrew Grygus) - Dec. 17, 2002, 11:53:21 PM EST
                 Re: Microsoft and Security - (Yendor) - (41) - Dec. 18, 2002, 03:38:20 AM EST
                     Sensing Deep Paranoia Here - (andread) - (40) - Dec. 18, 2002, 04:29:03 PM EST
                         Well, a lot of people, including whole governments . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (39) - Dec. 18, 2002, 06:33:08 PM EST
                             this relates to Windows Update how? -NT - (andread) - (38) - Dec. 18, 2002, 06:56:56 PM EST
                                 How the hell do you think they'd distribute it? - (Andrew Grygus) - (37) - Dec. 18, 2002, 09:41:38 PM EST
                                     Is 98 the last M$-OS for very many, out there? - (Ashton) - (6) - Dec. 19, 2002, 07:22:42 AM EST
                                         Really? - (andread) - (1) - Dec. 19, 2002, 08:16:57 AM EST
                                             Really. - (Yendor) - Dec. 19, 2002, 08:23:25 AM EST
                                         I vote yes....conditionally - (jb4) - (3) - Dec. 19, 2002, 04:36:29 PM EST
                                             Start with SuSE, sure. - (admin) - (2) - Dec. 19, 2002, 04:40:56 PM EST
                                                 Thanks for the Knoppix tip - (jb4) - (1) - Dec. 20, 2002, 02:07:51 PM EST
                                                     Debian is harder to configure, easier to install - (admin) - Dec. 20, 2002, 03:57:21 PM EST
                                     And you're definition of 'it' is? - (andread) - (10) - Dec. 19, 2002, 08:20:37 AM EST
                                         See above... - (Yendor) - Dec. 19, 2002, 08:25:50 AM EST
                                         Home user updates? - (Andrew Grygus) - (8) - Dec. 19, 2002, 11:43:15 AM EST
                                             Post hoc... - (andread) - (5) - Dec. 19, 2002, 04:05:19 PM EST
                                                 Bull, most businesses DO NOT have firewalls and admins. - (Andrew Grygus) - (4) - Dec. 19, 2002, 04:38:20 PM EST
                                                     good point - (andread) - Dec. 19, 2002, 08:22:34 PM EST
                                                     E-fscking-GAD! - (jb4) - (2) - Dec. 20, 2002, 02:10:56 PM EST
                                                         Geezis, where the... - (inthane-chan) - (1) - Dec. 20, 2002, 02:21:54 PM EST
                                                             Writing embedded systems, thankyewverymuch... - (jb4) - Dec. 20, 2002, 04:20:13 PM EST
                                             So that's when it does it! - (static) - (1) - Dec. 19, 2002, 09:12:28 PM EST
                                                 Very. -NT - (inthane-chan) - Dec. 19, 2002, 09:37:29 PM EST
                                     Give it up, guys - I done TOLE you Andy is an MS shill. -NT - (CRConrad) - (18) - Dec. 19, 2002, 11:31:36 AM EST
                                         Well, we know that . . - (Andrew Grygus) - Dec. 19, 2002, 11:45:22 AM EST
                                         at least you didn't call me Andrea this time, 'Charlene' -NT - (andread) - (16) - Dec. 19, 2002, 04:07:07 PM EST
                                             And at least you didn't try to deny it this time, Andrea. -NT - (CRConrad) - (15) - Dec. 20, 2002, 09:08:01 AM EST
                                                 Tell you what - (andread) - (14) - Dec. 20, 2002, 02:02:43 PM EST
                                                     Only shows, some people are stupid enough to whore for free. -NT - (CRConrad) - (13) - Dec. 20, 2002, 04:02:57 PM EST
                                                         Curiouser and curiouser - (andread) - (11) - Dec. 21, 2002, 12:07:40 PM EST
                                                             Speaking of 'sides' - (Ashton) - (10) - Dec. 21, 2002, 05:16:41 PM EST
                                                                 Microsoft's very foundation is theivery. - (Andrew Grygus) - (9) - Dec. 21, 2002, 07:00:37 PM EST
                                                                     Unfortunately, Western Business runs that way. - (static) - (8) - Dec. 21, 2002, 11:27:26 PM EST
                                                                         It goes a lot deeper than that - (tonytib) - Dec. 21, 2002, 11:45:35 PM EST
                                                                         Western Business in the news runs that way - (Andrew Grygus) - (6) - Dec. 22, 2002, 12:55:30 AM EST
                                                                             Pithy summary; still M$ is different - (Ashton) - (5) - Dec. 22, 2002, 07:30:45 AM EST
                                                                                 Nestle - (andread) - (4) - Dec. 22, 2002, 01:05:57 PM EST
                                                                                     Quite right you are.. - (Ashton) - (3) - Dec. 22, 2002, 08:21:49 PM EST
                                                                                         Do I dare post... - (jbrabeck) - (2) - Dec. 23, 2002, 09:40:32 AM EST
                                                                                             Sorry to hear that... - (jb4) - Dec. 23, 2002, 11:20:38 AM EST
                                                                                             Of course you do! So, have you sent your protest yet? - (CRConrad) - Dec. 26, 2002, 07:43:11 PM EST
                                                         Whores are professionals - (kmself) - Dec. 23, 2002, 03:32:15 PM EST
                 You're lucky - (jbrabeck) - (1) - Dec. 18, 2002, 02:56:57 PM EST
                     Good points - (andread) - Dec. 18, 2002, 04:30:47 PM EST

My neurons began.. shrieking, best I can remember.
149 ms