Comments on: Dave’s Virus Problem http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2009/daves-virus-problem Keeping an eye on Dave Winer Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:41:27 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bullshit Mancuso http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2009/daves-virus-problem/comment-page-1#comment-1740 Bullshit Mancuso Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:01:55 +0000 http://eyeonwiner.org/?p=461#comment-1740 <p>The hypocrisy comes so fast it's hard to keep up.</p> <p>Today: "If it were actually open they'd announce it to all developers at the same moment, so we could all try it out at the same time on a level playing field, not give an advance to their favorites."</p> <p>http://www.scripting.com/stories/2009/03/10/folksThisIsInNoWayOpen.html</p> <p>How many of Winer's projects have been released first to private beta testers -- all of them? Does that mean none of his open source projects could be called open?</p> The hypocrisy comes so fast it’s hard to keep up.

Today: “If it were actually open they’d announce it to all developers at the same moment, so we could all try it out at the same time on a level playing field, not give an advance to their favorites.”

http://www.scripting.com/stories/2009/03/10/folksThisIsInNoWayOpen.html

How many of Winer’s projects have been released first to private beta testers — all of them? Does that mean none of his open source projects could be called open?

]]> By: zaphodim http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2009/daves-virus-problem/comment-page-1#comment-1739 zaphodim Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:43:36 +0000 http://eyeonwiner.org/?p=461#comment-1739 <p>Remember Hanlon's Razor: never attribute to malice what can be explained more easily by stupidity. It's not malware, it's dave's incompetence. Anyone remember when userland's server went down for a week due to a worm, because dave never bothered to apply security updates?</p> Remember Hanlon’s Razor: never attribute to malice what can be explained more easily by stupidity. It’s not malware, it’s dave’s incompetence. Anyone remember when userland’s server went down for a week due to a worm, because dave never bothered to apply security updates?

]]> By: Bullshit Mancuso http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2009/daves-virus-problem/comment-page-1#comment-1737 Bullshit Mancuso Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:42:15 +0000 http://eyeonwiner.org/?p=461#comment-1737 <p>My guess is that he's downloading movies and TV shows before they air over BitTorrent and getting malware that way. Amusing to see him immediately leap to the conclusion that Java is the root of his rootkit problems, all on the basis of one comment to Scripting News. What a tool.</p> My guess is that he’s downloading movies and TV shows before they air over BitTorrent and getting malware that way. Amusing to see him immediately leap to the conclusion that Java is the root of his rootkit problems, all on the basis of one comment to Scripting News. What a tool.

]]> By: Lazy/Stupid Winer Watch http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2009/daves-virus-problem/comment-page-1#comment-1736 Lazy/Stupid Winer Watch Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:00:40 +0000 http://eyeonwiner.org/?p=461#comment-1736 <p>Wow, what a mensch. Here's to hoping he loses all his cash somehow and has to buy a refurb on Evilbay just to get at his barely-legal double-treasure media.</p> Wow, what a mensch. Here’s to hoping he loses all his cash somehow and has to buy a refurb on Evilbay just to get at his barely-legal double-treasure media.

]]> By: John Newsjunk http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2009/daves-virus-problem/comment-page-1#comment-1735 John Newsjunk Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:20:49 +0000 http://eyeonwiner.org/?p=461#comment-1735 <p>My guess: porn sites of the shadiest type.</p> My guess: porn sites of the shadiest type.

]]> By: AB http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2009/daves-virus-problem/comment-page-1#comment-1734 AB Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:09:32 +0000 http://eyeonwiner.org/?p=461#comment-1734 <p>BTW, did anyone else happen to notice his tweet about SXSW:</p> <p>Never been to SXSW -- my streak remains intact in 2009. Maybe someday they'll ask me to talk about something, but not till then...7:20 AM Mar 6th from web</p> <p>Classic Winer - unless they can recognize "my importance" why would I denigrate myself to grace them with my presence.</p> BTW, did anyone else happen to notice his tweet about SXSW:

Never been to SXSW — my streak remains intact in 2009. Maybe someday they’ll ask me to talk about something, but not till then…7:20 AM Mar 6th from web

Classic Winer – unless they can recognize “my importance” why would I denigrate myself to grace them with my presence.

]]> By: AB http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2009/daves-virus-problem/comment-page-1#comment-1733 AB Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:06:08 +0000 http://eyeonwiner.org/?p=461#comment-1733 <p>Seriously - isn't this the third or fourth time he's wound up with an infected machine in the last year? I can't keep track any more but your question is the exact same one I asked when I saw his complaint about a rootkit on a brand new machine. Dave must just download everything and anything onto his PC without any real thought about choosing wisely. For a guy who claims to be the father of some of the basic internet communication technologies he truly is brain dead.</p> Seriously – isn’t this the third or fourth time he’s wound up with an infected machine in the last year? I can’t keep track any more but your question is the exact same one I asked when I saw his complaint about a rootkit on a brand new machine. Dave must just download everything and anything onto his PC without any real thought about choosing wisely. For a guy who claims to be the father of some of the basic internet communication technologies he truly is brain dead.

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