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http://www.ahbl.org/notices/iSearch.php

Evidently some innocuous-sounding programs are blatantly harmful anymore...

In addition, you further understand and agree, by installing the Software, that iSearch and/or the Software may, without any further prior notice to you, remove, disable or render inoperative other adware programs resident on your computer, which, in turn, may disable or render inoperative, other software resident on your computer, including software bundled with such adware, or have other adverse impacts on your computer.

Unbelievable. The user, as well as the companies behind the various programs that were disabled should all file suit, in a perfect world*.


* Not really perfect, but you know what I mean.

At work as soon as I see that proggy I boot up with knoppix, back up all the data and do a re-image. It is much faster than trying to repaire the system. They and those programs like them keep me employed.

sweet mercy, that is one interestingly designed piece of weaponry.

wouldn't it be interesting if operating systems themselves were designed like that? where they fight tooth and nail against being damaged, and repair themselves automatically - all behind the scenes. (windows is moving along this path already i guess, good on them).

i imagine a time when software is so alive and inteligent, it's considered AI, you can just drop it into a system and it will automatically make the most of whatever resourses it has.

ie: an operating system that once dropped onto a system will aggressively seek out what resourses it has and set itself up in ALL aspects, including internet. if it actually needs something (like a password) it can ask for it.

kindof like automatic port scanning and cataloging. the computer will try hard to access everything it can, but in this case it will then install all relevant software to take full advantage of the resourses it finds.
that's the kindof AI i want. the one that takes care of all the stupid paperwork behind the scenes - and just gives me my final choices.

roid wrote:wouldn't it be interesting if operating systems themselves were designed like that? where they fight tooth and nail against being damaged, and repair themselves automatically - all behind the scenes. (windows is moving along this path already i guess, good on them).

i imagine a time when software is so alive and inteligent, it's considered AI, you can just drop it into a system and it will automatically make the most of whatever resourses it has.

ie: an operating system that once dropped onto a system will aggressively seek out what resourses it has and set itself up in ALL aspects, including internet. if it actually needs something (like a password) it can ask for it.

kindof like automatic port scanning and cataloging. the computer will try hard to access everything it can, but in this case it will then install all relevant software to take full advantage of the resourses it finds.
that's the kindof AI i want. the one that takes care of all the stupid paperwork behind the scenes - and just gives me my final choices.

Thats called a MAC OS.

you're suggesting that a MAC OS will be able to be plonked on my system and all is well?

i'm talking about software that has teh inteligence enough to be able to not HAVE problems, no matter what resourses it is confronted with. i can't imagine anything like that exists yet atm.

Ugh, that's just ridiculous.