Comments on: Disk Detective: The Case of the Window Snatcher http://www.morphodesigns.com/archives/2008/disk-detective-the-case-of-the-window-snatcher/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=disk-detective-the-case-of-the-window-snatcher Reflections on the Mutability of the Interwoven Internet Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:49:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mitchell Allen http://www.morphodesigns.com/archives/2008/disk-detective-the-case-of-the-window-snatcher/#comment-2079 Mitchell Allen Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:37:00 +0000 http://www.morphodesigns.com/archives/2008/disk-detective-the-case-of-the-window-snatcher/#comment-2079 I liked Microsoft when they just had DOS. Even then, though, they were evil, as Mr. G didn't even write the code! He exemplifies the 19th century Robber Barons. He controlled nearly every aspect of the OS from manufacture to distribution! I love MS applications, I just hate that they try to put a kitchen sink on my desktop. Linux sounds like fun, but I have little time to learn a whole new OS. (I'm not one to just boot up and send email, I'm a gadget junkie.) You know what we all need for real? A Commodore 64!!! Evil virus writers would be out of business tomorrow! The C-64 had the entire OS on ROM. What made it cool was that it copied parts of the ROM into RAM, where we could "hook" the system calls and do all sorts of cool things. Why the heck can't somebody write a ROMMable OS? Cheers, Mitch I liked Microsoft when they just had DOS.
Even then, though, they were evil, as Mr. G didn’t even write the code! He exemplifies the 19th century Robber Barons. He controlled nearly every aspect of the OS from manufacture to distribution!

I love MS applications, I just hate that they try to put a kitchen sink on my desktop.

Linux sounds like fun, but I have little time to learn a whole new OS. (I’m not one to just boot up and send email, I’m a gadget junkie.)

You know what we all need for real? A Commodore 64!!!
Evil virus writers would be out of business tomorrow!
The C-64 had the entire OS on ROM. What made it cool was that it copied parts of the ROM into RAM, where we could “hook” the system calls and do all sorts of cool things.

Why the heck can’t somebody write a ROMMable OS?

Cheers,

Mitch

]]> By: Bobby Revell http://www.morphodesigns.com/archives/2008/disk-detective-the-case-of-the-window-snatcher/#comment-2078 Bobby Revell Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:26:20 +0000 http://www.morphodesigns.com/archives/2008/disk-detective-the-case-of-the-window-snatcher/#comment-2078 That is very strange Mitch! I've never had anything like that happen, though I have had many stubborn viruses and spyware. The cure is to use a mac or linux. I have 3 linux computers. One of them has only been rebooted once in 7 years because of a power outage. It has firefox 1.5 on it and runs perfectly. I just updated my windows pc to servicepack 3, which should be renamed "backdoor 3" because that's exactly what it is. I am thinking about boycotting all microsoft products. I look forward to the disappearing tray icon :smile: That is very strange Mitch! I’ve never had anything like that happen, though I have had many stubborn viruses and spyware. The cure is to use a mac or linux. I have 3 linux computers. One of them has only been rebooted once in 7 years because of a power outage. It has firefox 1.5 on it and runs perfectly. I just updated my windows pc to servicepack 3, which should be renamed “backdoor 3″ because that’s exactly what it is. I am thinking about boycotting all microsoft products.

I look forward to the disappearing tray icon :smile:

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