Comment User intervention Part 2 (Score 5, Insightful) 380
Why is it when some one does something stupid on UNIX and screws their HDD, its the user that is blamed but when the user CHOOSES to run Windows and CHOOSES to run MSN and CHOOSES to have their default browser to be Internet Explorer, for some reason they're immune to this barrage of RTFM and instead it is Microsoft who gets the blame.
Sure, I love the Microsoft bashing mosh pit just as much as the next Mac/FreeBSD user, however, in all honesty, when is the end user going to take responsibility for their actions? doesn't this sound like the a-typical senario in the "real world", something bad happens and the government is blamed for not stopping the idiot from hurting themself.
The fact remains that the end user does VERY little to protect themselves. Sure, we'll have a chorus of ranters claiming that in their zyx operating system world, they would *NEVER* need that and through some miracle, some how their operating system of choice is immune to all vunerabilities.
The fact remains that no matter what operating system you run, you HAVE to take precautions. Run an anti-virus, make sure your software and virus definitions are updated, run a GOOD firewall and actually learn how to use the computer so that you can set up the firewall so that is it beneficial rather than a hindrance.
If you follow these VERY basic precautions, I would be VERY surprised if you get infected.
In a perfect world, one WOULDN'T need to take these precautions, software would be bug free, everyone would be honest Joe's and Jane's, however, that isn't the case, the fact is, the world is filled with losers, script kiddies and other parasites and unfortunately the only way to defeat these people is to make their conquests so meaningless that they'll go back to nicking car badges off cars and boasting to their friends about what level of "Rainbow Islands" they got up to on their SEGA.
Btw, does any one remember that game?
Sure, I love the Microsoft bashing mosh pit just as much as the next Mac/FreeBSD user, however, in all honesty, when is the end user going to take responsibility for their actions? doesn't this sound like the a-typical senario in the "real world", something bad happens and the government is blamed for not stopping the idiot from hurting themself.
The fact remains that the end user does VERY little to protect themselves. Sure, we'll have a chorus of ranters claiming that in their zyx operating system world, they would *NEVER* need that and through some miracle, some how their operating system of choice is immune to all vunerabilities.
The fact remains that no matter what operating system you run, you HAVE to take precautions. Run an anti-virus, make sure your software and virus definitions are updated, run a GOOD firewall and actually learn how to use the computer so that you can set up the firewall so that is it beneficial rather than a hindrance.
If you follow these VERY basic precautions, I would be VERY surprised if you get infected.
In a perfect world, one WOULDN'T need to take these precautions, software would be bug free, everyone would be honest Joe's and Jane's, however, that isn't the case, the fact is, the world is filled with losers, script kiddies and other parasites and unfortunately the only way to defeat these people is to make their conquests so meaningless that they'll go back to nicking car badges off cars and boasting to their friends about what level of "Rainbow Islands" they got up to on their SEGA.
Btw, does any one remember that game?
