[silk] Microsoft updates XP and Vista without notifying users

[Venkat Mangudi]

Apparently, even if auto updates are turned off, Windows Automatic
Updates pushes 9 updates to Vista and XP. Not very surprising, IMO, if
this is true. Can someone with the huge virus (a.k.a Windows) on their
system verify if this is true?

http://windowssecrets.com/2007/09/13/01-Microsoft-updates-Windows-without-users-consent

Re: [silk] Microsoft updates XP and Vista without notifying users

[Suresh Ramasubramanian]

Venkat Mangudi [Monday, October 01, 2007 6:23 PM]

> 
> Apparently, even if auto updates are turned off, Windows Automatic
> Updates pushes 9 updates to Vista and XP. Not very surprising, IMO, if
> this is true. Can someone with the huge virus (a.k.a Windows) on their
> system verify if this is true?
> 

It is true enough.

Re: [silk] Microsoft updates XP and Vista without notifying users

[Eugen Leitl]

On Mon, Oct 01, 2007 at 06:25:44PM +0530, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:

> It is true enough.

These days (since my own government has declared intent to h4x0r my systems), 
I don't tolerate proprietary software on absolutely vital systems.

In near future I will have to draft and follow a hardening and 
operation policy, physical integrity including.

I'm throughly annoyed at my co-citizen units, who have voted these
morons into power.  

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Re: [silk] Microsoft updates XP and Vista without notifying users

[Venkat Mangudi]

Eugen Leitl wrote:
 > I'm throughly annoyed at my co-citizen units, who have voted these
   

Nice choice of words!

Re: [silk] Getting Things Done Guru David Allen and His Cult of Hyperefficiency

[Jim Grisanzio]

Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote:

On 28-Sep-07, at 8:19 PM, Nandkumar Saravade wrote:

After I got to know of GTD, I unsuccessfully tried to find the book 
 
in a couple of book shops in Mumbai.  Ultimately, had to ask a friend 
to get it from US.  It is a recommended read.


I bought six copies from FirstAndSecond.com a few months ago. They may 
still have it. IndiaPlaza.in (nee FabMall.com) was out of stock when I 
last checked, as were Crossword and Landmark in Bangalore.



Fascinating guy. Love the bit in the Napa State Hospital, too. My 
goodness. I'll have to try his stuff. I'm pretty well organized now, but 
I can go a lot further. And if there's Nirvana in there, well, what the 
heck. :) His quote in the article about people being "afraid of the 
void" I find to be very, very true among tech types. "Thinking" is not 
all its cracked up to be, IMHO. :)


Jim
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[silk] 9/11 again

[Venkat Mangudi]

Does this article have any truth in it? How many of us on Silk trust
what run of the mill media reported on 9/11?

http://news.independent.co.uk/fisk/article2893860.ece

Re: [silk] 9/11 again

[Thaths]

On 10/1/07, Venkat Mangudi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How many of us on Silk trust
> what run of the mill media reported on 9/11?

While we are on this topic, I would like to know how many of us on
Silk trust what the run-of-the-mill media reports on UFOs.

Thaths
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Re: [silk] 9/11 again

[Eugen Leitl]

On Mon, Oct 01, 2007 at 09:52:23AM -0700, Thaths wrote:

> While we are on this topic, I would like to know how many of us on
> Silk trust what the run-of-the-mill media reports on UFOs.

How many of us on silk trust run-of-the-mill media, period?

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Re: [silk] 9/11 again

[Udhay Shankar N]

Eugen Leitl wrote: [ on 10:35 PM 10/1/2007 ]


> While we are on this topic, I would like to know how many of us on
> Silk trust what the run-of-the-mill media reports on UFOs.

How many of us on silk trust run-of-the-mill media, period?


Very interesting question. I must admit my first reaction on hearing 
something intreesting is to toss it out to some friends (on silk and 
elsewhere, too) to see what they think - a form of contextual peer review.


Udhay

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[silk] While on the topic of media ...

[Biju Chacko]

http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2007/10/the-future-of-n.html

People often ask me to predict how long newspapers can survive in the
Internet age. Ten years ago I believed newspapers would last another
five years. Clearly I am not qualified to make this sort of
prediction. But being unqualified has never dampened my enthusiasm for
publicly embarrassing myself. I think it's time to take another run at
this prediction.

First, it must be noted that old technologies sometimes evolve to stay
relevant. For example, radio evolved from something the family listens
to in the living room to something that individuals (mostly) listen to
in the car. There's some chance that newspapers could evolve in a
totally unexpected way and thrive for a hundred years. Let me paint a
picture that seems most likely to me.

[..]

Re: [silk] Monkeysphere

[Venky TV]

On 10/1/07, Venkat Mangudi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Well written piece that makes sense to me. What do you folks think?
>
> http://www.cracked.com/index.php?name=News&sid=2417

Didn't really work for me.  This article seems to be along the lines
of Malcolm Gladwell's books -- a simple observation backed by a
catch-phrase (like "monkeysphere" here -- a catchier term for Dunbar's
number) and driven home by an immense number of almost identical
examples.  I'd reduce the article to this -- "People outside your
social circle are a faceless mass.  Be careful of people who might try
to take advantage of that."

Then again, maybe I am just irritated by people who coin new words
when there are perfectly functional alternatives available! :)

Venky.