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Comment Re:Word is the IDE of writers (Score 1) 843

I don't know any writers who use M$ Word. I don't doubt they're out there, and statistically it'd make sense for the majority of writers to use Word, but somehow I just haven't met any.

I use Scrivener myself, and Pages or TeX for typesetting and formatting. Most writers I know are on Macs and abhor M$ Word, or use LaTeX or something else on Windows. Office is just too unstable.

Comment Re:Design or implementation flaw? (Score 1) 306

I know this highlights me as rather dense/dumb, but can anyone tell me what exactly it is this exploit does? Someone exploits this vulnerability... then what? Anything they want? Plant a keylogger? Take control of my mouse/keyboard? Crash my computer? And is there any way to find out if you have already been affected? I appreciate this all on a technical level, but as a user, I'm not entirely sure what it all means.
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Journal Journal: Google Patches Silently, Gets Uninstalled

I was a bit shocked at the article I read on ZDNet this morning about a study that said silent patching is more secure and Google was awesome for doing it. Recognizing that I often rip on ZDNet for their writing, I want to state up front that this article is almost everything that is right about journalism. It stayed fairly neutral, presenting the facts and letting the reader reach their own conclusion. However, even the mi

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