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Updates for Everything Mozilla

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Alias

Flightless Bird
Firefox, Seamonkey, Thunderbird, etc. all have a security update today.

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Alias
 
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Bill Yanaire, ESQ

Flightless Bird
BFD.

You going to start posting what you had for dinner next? You going to start
adding "Just FYI" to your posts?



"Alias" <aka@maskedandanomymous.net.invalidado> wrote in message
news:i271ao$g4q$2@news.eternal-september.org...
> Firefox, Seamonkey, Thunderbird, etc. all have a security update today.
>
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> Alias
 
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Alias

Flightless Bird
On 7/21/2010 4:51 PM, Bill Yanaire, ESQ wrote:
> BFD.


To some people, security is a BFD.

Snip childish drivel.

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> "Alias" <aka@maskedandanomymous.net.invalidado> wrote in message
> news:i271ao$g4q$2@news.eternal-september.org...
>> Firefox, Seamonkey, Thunderbird, etc. all have a security update today.
>>
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>> Alias

>



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Alias
 
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Bill Yanaire, ESQ

Flightless Bird
"Alias" <aka@maskedandanomymous.net.invalidado> wrote in message
news:i271me$hft$2@news.eternal-september.org...
> On 7/21/2010 4:51 PM, Bill Yanaire, ESQ wrote:
>> BFD.

>
> To some people, security is a BFD.
>
> Snip childish drivel.
>


Very funny. You've been posting childish drivel all day! Can't take it can
you?
 
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Alias

Flightless Bird
On 07/21/2010 05:00 PM, Bill Yanaire, ESQ wrote:
>
>
> "Alias" <aka@maskedandanomymous.net.invalidado> wrote in message
> news:i271me$hft$2@news.eternal-september.org...
>> On 7/21/2010 4:51 PM, Bill Yanaire, ESQ wrote:
>>> BFD.

>>
>> To some people, security is a BFD.
>>
>> Snip childish drivel.
>>

>
> Very funny. You've been posting childish drivel all day!


False.

> Can't take it
> can you?


Take what, your drivel? LOL, don't flatter yourself.

This post of mine is helpful, especially if you use Mozilla products. It
has NOT been announced on the tech sites, Yahoo or Google News. Your and
Frank's posts never are helpful.

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Alias
 
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VanguardLH

Flightless Bird
Alias wrote:

> Firefox, Seamonkey, Thunderbird, etc. all have a security update today.


This has what to do with Windows XP, the topic of *these* newsgroups?
 
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Bill Yanaire, ESQ

Flightless Bird
"VanguardLH" <V@nguard.LH> wrote in message
news:i27565$png$1@news.albasani.net...
> Alias wrote:
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>> Firefox, Seamonkey, Thunderbird, etc. all have a security update today.

>
> This has what to do with Windows XP, the topic of *these* newsgroups?


Don't pay attention to Alias. He's confused.
 
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Alias

Flightless Bird
On 7/21/2010 5:55 PM, VanguardLH wrote:
> Alias wrote:
>
>> Firefox, Seamonkey, Thunderbird, etc. all have a security update today.

>
> This has what to do with Windows XP, the topic of *these* newsgroups?


A lot of people who use XP or Win 7 also use Mozilla products, what
else? By updating these products you are making XP more secure.

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Alias
 
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Ernest T. Bass

Flightless Bird
"Alias" <aka@maskedandanomymous.net.invalidado> wrote in message
news:i2763s$378$1@news.eternal-september.org...
: On 7/21/2010 5:55 PM, VanguardLH wrote:
: > Alias wrote:
: >
: >> Firefox, Seamonkey, Thunderbird, etc. all have a security update today.
: >
: > This has what to do with Windows XP, the topic of *these* newsgroups?
:
: A lot of people who use XP or Win 7 also use Mozilla products, what
: else? By updating these products you are making XP more secure.
:
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: Alias

No, you trolling HoopleHead. You're making the Mozilla products more secure.
 
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Alias

Flightless Bird
On 7/21/2010 6:27 PM, Ernest T. Bass wrote:
> "Alias"<aka@maskedandanomymous.net.invalidado> wrote in message
> news:i2763s$378$1@news.eternal-september.org...
> : On 7/21/2010 5:55 PM, VanguardLH wrote:
> :> Alias wrote:
> :>
> :>> Firefox, Seamonkey, Thunderbird, etc. all have a security update today.
> :>
> :> This has what to do with Windows XP, the topic of *these* newsgroups?
> :
> : A lot of people who use XP or Win 7 also use Mozilla products, what
> : else? By updating these products you are making XP more secure.
> :
> : --
> : Alias
>
> No, you trolling HoopleHead. You're making the Mozilla products more secure.
>
>


Which, in turn, makes the OS safer. Most malware comes through the
browser. Course the news reader (Outhouse Distress) you're using will
not be updated so you are pretty stupid when it comes to computer
security and no one should listen to you.

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Alias
 
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Gordon

Flightless Bird
On 21/07/10 16:55, VanguardLH wrote:
> Alias wrote:
>
>> Firefox, Seamonkey, Thunderbird, etc. all have a security update today.

>
> This has what to do with Windows XP, the topic of *these* newsgroups?


It wasn't Alias who crossposted it - his original post was to
alt.windows7.general
 
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Spamlet

Flightless Bird
"Alias" <aka@maskedandanomymous.net.invalidado> wrote in message
news:i271ao$g4q$2@news.eternal-september.org...
> Firefox, Seamonkey, Thunderbird, etc. all have a security update today.
>
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> Alias


Well I for one thank you for the tip, as, for some reason my Firefox had not
yet picked up the update automatically. And my XP system must be safer with
it than without.

(I have IE8, but I have never found a way to speed up it's opening, and got
fed up just staring at a tab labelled 'connecting' for ages, just to get to
'about blank'. No such issue with Firefox.)

Cheers,

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Shenan Stanley

Flightless Bird
Alias wrote:
> A lot of people who use XP or Win 7 also use Mozilla products, what
> else? By updating these products you are making XP more secure.


No - you are not making the operating system (XP in your example) more
secure.

You may be making the user data more secure that is stored on the system
drive/other storage devices that may be running a particular operating
system (XP in your example) - but you have not made the operating system
itself more secure.

You are making the data more secure because you are closing possible access
points to the data through 'issues' in the current version of whatever
application you are patching. You have done nothing to the core of the
operating system and the hole might not even exist if the application in
question was not installed.

If I purchase a bolt-down floor safe and put it in my home, my *home* is not
more secure but the valuables I store in the safe may be.

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Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
 
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Greg Russell

Flightless Bird
"Alias" <aka@hewhoismasked&anonymous.com> wrote in message
news:i2727p$jov$1@news.eternal-september.org...

> This post of mine is helpful, especially if you use Mozilla products. It
> has NOT been announced on the tech sites, Yahoo or Google News.


Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> Updates (tab).

Check "Firefox" in "Automatically check for updates ..." and check your
notification prefernce.

Then you won't have to be the self-appointed boy who cried "Wolf!", since
nobody is listening anyway.

If you had even bothered to give
http://mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.6.7/whatsnew/ even a cursory examination,
you would've easily seen that the update was not a security issue, but
rather more cosmetic than anything.

Get a life, please. Nobody needs you to tell them things they already know.
 
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Greg Russell

Flightless Bird
"Gordon" <gordonbparker@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:i278qd$bl$1@news.eternal-september.org...

> It wasn't Alias who crossposted it - his original post was to
> alt.windows7.general


Bzzzzzzzzzzt ... wrong:

From: Alias <aka@maskedandanomymous.net.invalidado>
Newsgroups: alt.windows7.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Subject: Updates for Everything Mozilla
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:47:48 +0200
 
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Alias

Flightless Bird
On 7/21/2010 7:08 PM, Shenan Stanley wrote:
> Alias wrote:
>> A lot of people who use XP or Win 7 also use Mozilla products, what
>> else? By updating these products you are making XP more secure.

>
> No - you are not making the operating system (XP in your example) more
> secure.
>
> You may be making the user data more secure that is stored on the system
> drive/other storage devices that may be running a particular operating
> system (XP in your example) - but you have not made the operating system
> itself more secure.
>
> You are making the data more secure because you are closing possible access
> points to the data through 'issues' in the current version of whatever
> application you are patching. You have done nothing to the core of the
> operating system and the hole might not even exist if the application in
> question was not installed.
>
> If I purchase a bolt-down floor safe and put it in my home, my *home* is not
> more secure but the valuables I store in the safe may be.
>


Does the term nitpicker ring a bell?

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Alias
 
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Alias

Flightless Bird
On 7/21/2010 7:31 PM, Greg Russell wrote:
> "Gordon"<gordonbparker@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:i278qd$bl$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>
>> It wasn't Alias who crossposted it - his original post was to
>> alt.windows7.general

>
> Bzzzzzzzzzzt ... wrong:
>
> From: Alias<aka@maskedandanomymous.net.invalidado>
> Newsgroups: alt.windows7.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
> Subject: Updates for Everything Mozilla
> Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:47:48 +0200
>
>


So where do we send you your gold star?

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Alias
 
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Greg Russell

Flightless Bird
"Alias" <aka@maskedandanomymous.net.invalidado> wrote in message
news:i27b4q$lsi$4@news.eternal-september.org...

> So where do we send you your gold star?


You're just digging your idiot hole deeper every time you reply, moron.
 
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Frank

Flightless Bird
On 7/21/2010 8:03 AM, Alias wrote:
> On 07/21/2010 05:00 PM, Bill Yanaire, ESQ wrote:
>>
>>
>> "Alias" <aka@maskedandanomymous.net.invalidado> wrote in message
>> news:i271me$hft$2@news.eternal-september.org...
>>> On 7/21/2010 4:51 PM, Bill Yanaire, ESQ wrote:
>>>> BFD.
>>>
>>> To some people, security is a BFD.
>>>
>>> Snip childish drivel.
>>>

>>
>> Very funny. You've been posting childish drivel all day!

>
> False.
>
>> Can't take it
>> can you?

>
> Take what, your drivel? LOL, don't flatter yourself.
>
> This post of mine is helpful, especially if you use Mozilla products. It
> has NOT been announced on the tech sites, Yahoo or Google News. Your and
> Frank's posts never are helpful.
>

You just can't seem to come to grips with the fact that this is a
Windows 7 ng, can you?
Or is it that fact that pisses you off so much?
Live with it *SPORT*!
 
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Bill Yanaire, ESQ

Flightless Bird
"Alias" <aka@maskedandanomymous.net.invalidado> wrote in message
news:i27b4q$lsi$4@news.eternal-september.org...
> On 7/21/2010 7:31 PM, Greg Russell wrote:
>> "Gordon"<gordonbparker@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:i278qd$bl$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>>
>>> It wasn't Alias who crossposted it - his original post was to
>>> alt.windows7.general

>>
>> Bzzzzzzzzzzt ... wrong:
>>
>> From: Alias<aka@maskedandanomymous.net.invalidado>
>> Newsgroups: alt.windows7.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
>> Subject: Updates for Everything Mozilla
>> Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:47:48 +0200
>>
>>

>
> So where do we send you your gold star?
>
> --
> Alias


You really are getting slammed by everyone. How does it feel to be stoned
and stupid? Why don't you migrate to the Ubuntu forums and try to help out
those sorry sacks who believe they have a decent OS when in reality they
have SHIT?
 
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