If you are wanting to pursue Computer Security, SANS is one of the best. They offer a good variety of classes, and as Smoky said, it's very practical. Personally, I've only taken their 1 week courses, but I've heard good things about their online courses. Plus, the brick and mortar classes are very fast paced, but with online you have more time to absorb the content.

The downsides? Expensive. I believe it's grad level stuff, so that's expected.

They also have certifications associated with the classes (it's a separate but affiliated with SANS). It's an additional cost, and you really have to study over your course material after the class in order to do well. www.giac.org for the certs.

But Microsoft's own data doesn't always support William's contention that piracy, and the hesitancy to use Windows Update, leads to more infected PCs. China, for example, boasted a malware infection rate -- as defined by the number of computers cleaned for each 1,000 executions of the MSRT -- of just 6.7 per thousand, significantly below the global average of 8.7 or the US's rate of 8.2. France's infection rate of 7.9 in the first half of 2009 was also below the worldwide average.

Wait a minute. We are using the MSRT stats to debunk the idea that piracy and not running Windows Updates results in more malware. MRST is usually run as a part of Windows Update...so the people not running WU don't run the tool and aren't even a part of the stats. Whether Microsoft is right or wrong, this argument is flawed.

root@internet# shutdown -c "I'm still reading slashdot you insensitive clod!"

Calls from an ex-girlfriend? You guys get calls from a girl? But we're on Slashdot. ...Oh, wait, I get it. It's a joke!

Maybe they are restarting a regular release schedule with 0.5?

Dear Mr. AC,

I thought it prudent to let you know you are posting on Slashdot. In case you aren't familiar with Slashdot, here are some basics...

People here don't generally like Microsoft.
People here do generally like open source.
Your jedi mind tricks have no effect here.

If you need more information, I'm sure you can find it with a quick few internet searches.

Sincerely,
RPMayhem

But on a laptop, that would eat through the battery running 2 systems at once. I guess you could put one OS on standby while you use the other. Semi-fast OS switching.

Sigh...sorry about that.
Here's the correct link for 3 months ago... http://mobile.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/03/057200

And here's the one from Tuesday again... http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/02/10/146201

Well, we talked about the same technology on Tuesday.
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/02/10/146201

We also talked about it back in October.
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/02/10/146201

Actually, I think it depends on the woman. My wife is all about thoughtful gifts. If I spent the time to make something for her, she loves it...although it certainly helps to make something she likes. For example, a bad idea would be...hmm...a hackable microcontroller-powered valentine's card.

Is this Jerry Lee Cooper guy a joke? Seriously, is he a real guy who really thinks this stuff? Linux is an app on top of WinXP? I read a couple other things he's posted...insanity. It has to be a joke. Can anyone REALLY be that misinformed?

Oh wait...this is the internet isn't it?

Also, I forgot to mention, they have a Mac OS version too.