Gizmodo says that Linux causes viruses!!

[growbag]

This product is completely free and does not even need installation, it is called "brain 1.0, common sense edition".

lol, exactly .

I've had Windows Vista (came with my HP laptop) on my machine for nearly 2 years now and have only ever had 1 problem caused by a forced update (completely borked Vista after wasting the whole night doing it!!).

I use it for the games I can't play under Linux, and it has been great. I adopted the simple ideologies of:

1. Not installing ANYTHING but the games I bought.
2. Never using it on the Internet.

This avoided any and all viruses and malware, and also shonky updates forced on me against my will from MS.

I've never had a Microsoft OS perform so good for so long without having to re-install .

[lwfinger]

growbag wrote:
>> This product is completely free and does not even need installation, it
>> is called "brain 1.0, common sense edition".
>>
>
>
> lol, exactly .
>
> I've had Windows Vista (came with my HP laptop) on my machine for
> nearly 2 years now and have only ever had 1 problem caused by a forced
> update (completely borked Vista after wasting the whole night doing
> it!!).
>
> I use it for the games I can't play under Linux, and it has been great.
> I adopted the simple ideologies of:
>
> 1. Not installing ANYTHING but the games I bought.
> 2. Never using it on the Internet.
>
> This avoided any and all viruses and malware, and also shonky updates
> forced on me against my will from MS.
>
> I've never had a Microsoft OS perform so good for so long without
> having to re-install .

For 2 years I ran a computer lab with 35 Windows XP Pro computers and
roughly 600 users. I never had a single instance of a trojan or a
virus. These machines were always connected to the Internet. That feat
was accomplished by only allowing general users to log in without
privilege. The password for the account with administrative privilege
was a closely guarded secret. In other words, these Windows computers
were run the same way as one would run an equivalent set of Linux
machines. The only real difference was that each of them did a forced
reboot in the middle of the night. It _WAS_ Windows after all.

> The only real difference was that each of them did a forced
> reboot in the middle of the night. It _WAS_ Windows after all.

LOL! :-)

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[tuxituk]

Originally Posted by weighty_foe

I like to believe that the BBC try to be fair in their reporting, and that when corrections are offered they at least consider them. Hopefuly I'm not wrong

Woah,

I hope your joking right ? In my experience they are one of the most biased and corrupt news organisations around. They certainly do masquerade as being fair, unfortunately that BBC died long ago.

As for the quality of the technical journalism coming out of the BBC, this is just the sloppy and poor standard I would expect.

J

[growbag]

Yes, sadly I would have to agree with you mostly there @tuxituk. Although I'm not yet convinced that they are corrupt.

This whole issue was purely the result of poor reporting by the BBC's "journalist", and not caused by Gizmodo as people in this thread have pointed out.

The sad thing is that (intentionally or not) the BBC represents England, English culture, and the English language, sadly the language ability of the current crop of reporters is way below the standards I expect from such an organisation, it has certainly gone down the toilet in the last 10 years.

[KJ44]

Originally Posted by growbag

The sad thing is that (intentionally or not) the BBC represents England, English culture, and the English language, sadly the language ability of the current crop of reporters is way below the standards I expect from such an organisation, it has certainly gone down the toilet in the last 10 years.

I emphasised parts of your post above.

It's the British Broadcasting Corporation. England is only part of the United Kingdom. There are minority languages spoken other than English.

ttps://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/uk.html

conventional long form: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; note - Great Britain includes England, Scotland, and Wales

[weighty_foe]

Originally Posted by tuxituk

Woah,

I hope your joking right ? In my experience they are one of the most biased and corrupt news organisations around.

I suspect all news outlets are biased; they're run by people & people are _always_ biased.

I think the BBC are less biased than other sources of news, for example the Sun & Mirror. And compared to Fox news in the US... watching Fox makes me cringe.

If I cared about a particular news story (I do sometimes) I'd usually find a few varied sources for it & jump to my own (biased) conclusions.

As for the quality of the technical journalism coming out of the BBC, this is just the sloppy and poor standard I would expect.

I agree with you here - there have been quite a few times when it has been plainly obvious that some berk at the BBC has not even bothered to do even the most _cursory_ research before sending an article out. They're like the three little f*cking monkeys.

It's enough to make you grab your shotgun & woman and head for the shack in the hills...