OMG Firefox vulnerability????

[Mhurron]

Re: OMG Firefox vulnerability????

That's cute, except around 17% of web browsers in use today are firefox. Over 25% of the EU uses firefox.

Last I checked, 83% and 75% were majority and 17 and 25 were minorities.

I can disprove this quite easily: if said unicorn is reflecting the light waves required for the color pink, it can not simultaneously be invisible. The concept of said creature in and of itself is therefore a contradiction.

It could be self luminous.

[Yellow Mage]

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It could be self luminous.

. . . Bringing up luminescence in an argument involving light should be considered cheating.

[Feba]

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Last I checked, 83% and 75% were majority and 17 and 25 were minorities.

And we're talking about knowledge, not usage.

With such a large market share, it's unlikely that the majority of people don't know about it.

The concept of said creature in and of itself is therefore a contradiction.

It's only a contradiction because you can't understand it, not because it's untrue.

[Kerio]

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um... what's a directory traversal trick and how can it effect me? I use firefox... so besides all this talk about different explorers, can someone explain to me what's wrong with firefox right now?

[Mhurron]

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And we're talking about knowledge, not usage.

With such a large market share, it's unlikely that the majority of people don't know about it.

Since most people think Word and Windows are the same thing, a CPU is the white box under their desk and that when their system slows down it's 'thinking', I'll put money on the majority not knowing what you're talking about when you say Firefox.

They just don't care.

[Feba]

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Mhurron, you're thinking of the majority of people in 'lol customers are idiots' stories; not the majority of people using computers. The majority of people might not care, but that doesn't mean they don't know about it.

[Yellow Mage]

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It's only a contradiction because you can't understand it, not because it's untrue.

I can understand light very well, and unless it's luminescent (curse you, Mhurron ), there is no possible way whatsoever for something to be pink and invisible at the same time, as being pink would disqualify the requirement of being invisible, and vive-versa: the two are mutually exclusive, no matter how you look at it.

[Mhurron]

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Mhurron, you're thinking of the majority of people in 'lol customers are idiots' stories; not the majority of people using computers. The majority of people might not care, but that doesn't mean they don't know about it.

A=B. I work with people that use their computer every day of the work week. "Right click on that," What?" "Use the right mouse button" "I am using the right one" "No, thats the left" "Oh you mean the other one"

[Murphie]

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Yeah, but people who aren't having computer trouble aren't calling you. So your sample is skewed towards the negative.

[Yellow Mage]

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Pretty much what I was about to say, Murphie. Except more awesome, of course.

[ItazuraNhomango]

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I'd say there's a bit of a gap between 'physics and religion' and 'technology and education'. As to wishful thinking, it is good, up to a point. If everyone were a defeatist, we never would've made it into space, or the moon, and they'd remain science fiction.

We made it to the moon because we know how to calculate forces and trajectories, fuel expenditure to get the forces and trajectories needed, and the engineering to create machines able to achieve those, etc.--science, technology, and education.

Critical analysis got us to the moon, and calling people who employ it "defeatist" is an insult. Scientists always question harshly new ideas and new discoveries--doubt is the tool by which humanity acquired its hard knowledge.

You go sit in a cannon and aim for the moon, if you like wishful, "positive" thinking so much and think science fiction portrays the future. Donate some money to that "burning water" research before you leave earth, too.

[Feba]

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Scientists always question harshly new ideas and new discoveries--

Exactly! Question them, not reject them outright without further inquiry. Yes, it's a long shot, but if a way could be found to turn water into energy, we'd be fools to give it up without looking into it. Critical analysis is a good thing, but not taken to the extreme of giving up on all new ideas before they are explored.

Space travel would never have been attempted if people thought it impossible and stopped trying. Yes, using water as fuel is a long shot. The same can be said of research into cures for most illness that are still around. But we don't stop looking into cancer cures just because their chance of success isn't good.

[Yellow Mage]

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Itaz, you're being a little harsh, don't you think?

"Defeatism" certainly isn't what got us to the moon. Defeatists are quitters, and quitting, as Feba said, never got us to the moon.

As for wishful thinking, Feba said it's good . . . "up to a point." You're constantly assuming the crossing of said point.

So let up off of the cynicism, please?

EDIT: Feba beat me to it.

[Kerio]

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holy crap, can someone just tell me what's wrong with firefox?? What's up with all this bickering about nonsense things that don't need to even be bickered about?
You know what? I don't care.. just tell me what's wrong with firefox!

[Feba]

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Kerio: You're obviously missing the fact that most people on the internet have absolutely no attention span whatsoever.

Either way, if you want to look more clearly into what it is, just follow the links and do yourself some reading.